The biggest news from last week is that Tiger Woods is back, and even if he looked a little rusty, which was understandable given that the last competitive round of golf he played was way back in mid June last year, what is awesome is that he is fit to play and showed no signs of the after-effects of his third knee surgery.

Tiger produced an assured first-round win over Brendan Jones, and I am sure Brendan and his family and friends would have been the only people in the world who would have been upset that evening. Of course, Tim Clark and his family would have been the only ones celebrating after the South African produced some exceptional golf to knock Tiger out in the second round.

Tiger's return generated massive excitement. I don't think I have ever seen so many media persons in one place together as at the practice range the day Tiger went out for his first practice round. There must have been over 400 journalists, television crew and photographers watching, recording and analysing every move of the World No 1.

By the time we see Tiger next, which will hopefully be at the Doral Resort for the World Golf Championship-CA Championship in a week's time, he will surely be much sharper and match-fit. Thereafter, it should be Arnold Palmer's tournament at Bay Hill, and then on to Augusta National for the Masters. It's a stretch of tournaments Tiger loves playing and he has outstanding record at each of the three venues.

While the spotlight was trained on the American, Geoff Ogilvy won his second Matchplay title in four years and established himself as one of the top players in the world. I always feel Ogilvy doesn't get the respect he deserves, and this win should change it. He is such a calm and composed personality, and unlike most Aussies, he is not the outgoing types.

The other big star of the tournament was Rory McIlroy. After winning the Dubai Desert Classic in such sensational manner, the teenager made a superb run in the Matchplay to reach the quarterfinals before losing to the ultimate champion.

I lost in the first round to a fired-up Ian Poulter, who made three birdies in the first four holes to go three-up. It is difficult to recover from such a start and even though I fought extremely hard after that, the Englishman did not make too many mistakes.

Jeev Milkha Singh is a three-time winner on the European Tour