good evening, tiger is no stranger to competition, scrutiny or pressure. so is it any surprise that he's four under par, two off the pace today, his best masters start ever? here to talk about tiger's return are two journalists who are at augusta, jim gray, the correspondent for the golf channel and doug ferguson, the golf writer with the associated press. all right, jim, frankly, were you surprised at his performance today? >> reporter: well, it's really astonishing, the man hasn't competed in 144 days, he has had all kinds of trouble brewing at home, a worldwide scandal, and he comes out here, and if he makes a few more puts, he really could be making the tournament. he was composed, he was crystal clear, he seemed to be showing very little rust, he missed some p putts that he usually would make. he seemed to be enjoying the walk, the first time around seemed to be at peace.