Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy has described himself as "sick" of hearing about Tiger Woods' personal life.
Following Woods self-induced removal from the game following revelations about his private life, he is not playing at this week's WGC Accenture World match play championship.
Accenture was one of the many sponsors who cut their ties with the world number one after news about his marriage problems broke in the press.
McIlroy, one of the star attractions at the World match play, said: "I suppose he might want to get something back against the sponsors that dropped him."
The 20-year-old added: "I'm just looking forward to when he's getting back on the golf course."
All the speculation about how and when Tiger Woods will start to face the world again is about to end - the man himself will speak Friday.
Eighty-four days after he crashed his car, went to hospital and then disappeared from view in a bid to save his marriage as lurid sex allegations were made, Woods is finally making an appearance.
His image in tatters from revelations of multiple affairs with more than 20 women - if you believe all the tabloid stories - the world number one is not expected to answer any questions on this occasion, however.
Instead he will make a statement at the headquarters of the US PGA Tour in Florida.
Woods, who was reported to have spent weeks in a sex addiction clinic in Mississippi after Christmas, will talk in front of just a few invited reporters and one television camera.
Mark Steinberg, Woods' manager, said in a statement of his own: "Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach.
"Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he intends to apologise for his behaviour."
Woods will presumably not be going over his 14 major wins when he comes to "discuss his past".
'Transgressions'
Worldwide interest now, of course, is focused on what he called his "transgressions" on his website in December, before then admitting infidelity and announcing an indefinite break from the game.
As he went into hiding, the spotlight turned onto both the amazing double life he had been leading and the effect it would have on the sport and his standing in it.
Publicist Max Clifford believes Woods will be able to ride out the intense public scrutiny sure to accompany his expected imminent return to golf.
Clifford believes Woods' profile, assuming he rediscovers his best form, will be unaffected.
"Nike have stayed with him, two or three of his major sponsors have stayed with him, because they don't think his activities away from the golf course will upset their clients.
"Obviously they study these things very carefully and the market research is very thorough. As long as Tiger Woods continues to be the greatest golfer in the world, the hundreds of millions will continue to flood in and he will be the biggest attraction anywhere he goes and plays golf."
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