Tiger Woods To Return In Spring

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Tiger to come back to world - including golf world - in spring.

We reported on Friday that Tiger Woods is currently participating in a six-week sex addiction rehab at a facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Now we have a report that shortly after the program finishes, Tiger hopes to convince the world that he's fit for golf (and commerce) again.

A source has told our contacts at Radar Online that Tiger Woods plans to return from his long and dramatic hiatus in the spring. It's being speculated that he may return early enough to play in the Masters Tournament, which he has won four times. The Masters tees off April 5 in Augusta, Georgia and ends six days later, but Tiger's participation in the 2010 tournament has not been confirmed.

The source revealed that with the sex addiction therapy under his belt (sorry), Tiger hopes that his fans and sponsors will be convinced that he's a changed man. As we've reported since his November 27 car accident after a fight with wife Elin Nordegren, Tiger has been busted in tales with 14 mistresses who stepped forward to reveal that since the golf god got married in 2004, he's been keeping girlfriends and graphic sexcapade shenanigans across the country.

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In the wake of the scandal, sponsors like Gatorade and AT&T have exited their relationships with Tiger Woods, and his wife Elin Nordegren appears to be very content in his absence (still sporting no wedding band). Could all these relationship rocks be resolved by spring?