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 leading the tournament. he was composed, he was crystal clear, he seemed to be showing very little rust, he missed some putts that he usually would make. he seemed for the first time in a long time to kind of enjoy the walk. he said he was, after the round, at peace. it seemed to go very well, yes, it's surprising but it's also surprising that we have a