Tiger Woods faced the media and the world on Tuesday, his first public appearance since his catastrophic February car wreck, and he remained as inspiring — and maddening — as ever.
Walking without a visible limp but still in pain, Woods, bulky-armed and dressed in a charcoal and black camo Nike shirt, ran through a greatest hits of his news conference performances: documenting his intensive recovery and rehab, pontificating on his charity and the tournament he’s hosting this week, deflecting with feather-light jokes, fondly musing about his children … and stonewalling when the questioning zeroed in on an uncomfortable topic.