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For the st. patrick's day parade. tiger woods announced yesterday he is returning to golf at the masters, his favorite tournament of all. it will be the first since the sex scandal erupted after the thanksgiving night car wreck. peter alexander is live in augusta, georgia. good morning. i know exactly where you're standing. i've covered that tournament many times. they don't want you anywhere near the place, just across from the highway. >> reporter: one of the most controlled environments in all of sports. they give media credentials to people whose primary job is covering golf. we hustled ...

American beverage. >> that's the war. >> two great tastes, go great together. what's in sports? >> tiger woods announced he's coming back. it's been four strange months away from the game after that big car wreck, you might remember, on thanksgiving night. a lot's happened since then. now he says he's ready to come back and play a little golf. he will be coming back to the masters, which starts in just two weeks. to a tournament he's won four times, a place he's very comfortable. he will be tightly wrapped. the security is intense. they can turn down media credentials, throw you out at the dro...

Announcement he would maybe be out for the entire season, that he didn't leave out the possibility of playing this year which sounds like a lot longer term than the few weeks of that announcement. >> and one of the most intriguing developments of the last couple of days, the news that tiger woods has apparently hired bush press secretary ari fleischer. explain why a professional golfer, even somebody as famous as tiger woods, would need an ari fleischer to help him deal with the media. it seems like it's a controlled media environment anyway. >> for the most part it is and certainly at augusta...

There are other reports he's going to wait and make a big bang at augusta. what are your thoughts, what are you hearing? >> he's going to make a big bang, regardless of what tournament it turns out to be. it will be an enormous happening, it will get super bowl type ratings. it's been reported the -- reported the arnold palmer invitational, it was originally thought that would be the combark, mou it's more likely the masters if the reporting is accurate. the only person who knows what's going to go down is tiger woods and he hasn't been talking. jane: does it make sense? talk about pressure bu...

Do. there's a lot to address about the broader implications of the last three words in this tweet. take away credentials. but let's begin by looking at this from a broader lens with an all-star panel. beginning with cnn's christiane amanpour. and april ryan, washington bureau chief for american radio networks, cnn political analyst. and frank sesno, corrector of the school of media of public affairs at the george washington university. great to see you all. thanks for being here today. >> great to be here. >> great to be with you. >> christiane, when the u.s. president threatens to take away m...