Tiger Woods returns to Augusta

Tiger Woods has made a low key appearance at the Augusta National practice range ahead of the Masters.

The world's top golfer has not been seen in public, except to a few chosen media, since his middle-of-the-night car accident in November that set off a string of revelations about his private life.

Woods has been linked to more than a dozen women, although he confessed to cheating only on his wife when he made a 13 minute statement on February 19.

The Masters will be Woods' first tournament since all the revelations and that has added new life back to golf's most prestigious event.