[Bagger Lance]

Agree with the above, but I think Tiger and his handlers are super gun shy with the media. Any misstep in an ad-lib Q&A session could be taken way out of context by the media and either slow his come back or further damage his image.

The only way to prevent any further speculation or media frenzy is to do a "controlled" PR event as a first step in the come back. I don't expect Tiger to take part in any open Q&A until he plays and finishes strongly. If he decides to take a question, it will be a "canned" answer carefully crafted to avoid any misinterpretation.

I'm not happy about his timing and I know this was done purposely. I can only guess that doing it before the Tournament was crafted backwards in time from when he is going to play his first 2010 event. His PR folks have a 2010 plan laid out for him and this was the first step in what will be a very well organized coming out.