Unlike Augusta, this is the first PGA Tour event Woods is playing where tickets were sold to the general public.

Divulging nothing of his personal life, Woods did say that while he feels things on the golf course are beginning to gain a semblance of normality, the same cannot be said for life off the course.

Tiger Woods of World No.1 says, "No, there's paparazzi everywhere, at home, helicopters here and there, and people driving by, and paparazzi camping out in front of the gates. So, that hasn't changed."

Woods is to start on Thursday morning with Stewart Cink and Angel Cabrera, and he will play on Friday afternoon when the gallery typically is at its most vocal.