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Woods: 'A little nervous' about return at Masters

A number of news outlets had submitted requests to Woods for interviews. Both ESPN and the Golf Channel were notified late last week that Woods would agree to a five-minute interview Sunday afternoon with no restrictions on questions. CBS was also offered an interview, but turned it down because of the time restriction.

"Depending on the specifics, we are interested in an extended interview without any restrictions on CBS," spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said.

The interviews were conducted at Isleworth, the gated community in Windermere, Florida, where Woods lives. Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman said Woods' wife, Elin, was not present and "it's still in question whether she will attend the Masters."

Woods had asked that the interview not be aired until the PGA tournament being played Sunday was finished. Golf Channel spokesman Dan Higgins declined to speculate whether release of the embarrassing text messages influenced the timing of the interview.

"I can't speak for them," he said. "I have no idea."

Jim Furyk, who is both a friend and rival of Woods, called the interviews "part of that natural progression before he comes back."

Furyk was handed a transcript shortly after winning the Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla. He characterized what he read as "pretty much the same stuff that we already knew, but I think it's good for him to get his face out there and have people see him.

"They are going to make their judgments," he added, "but I think it allows him to kind of move on and get focused for the next thing."

Woods last played competitive golf at the Australian Masters, a tournament he won in November for his 82nd victory worldwide. He last played on the PGA Tour in the Tour Championship in September.

Woods told ESPN that being forced to confront his problems had made him stronger: "You start conquering it and you start living up to it. The strength that I feel now, I've never felt that type of strength."

But he also admitted being uncertain about how much he would play after coming back.

"I will have more treatment and more therapy sessions. And as far as my schedule going forward, I don't know what I'm going to do. ... I don't know what I'm going to do in the future, either," he told the Golf Channel. "That, to me, is a little bit bothersome, too, in the sense that I don't like not knowing what to do.

"But what I know I have to do is become a better person and that begins with going to more treatment."

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