Tiger woods,come back on golf field.

Ending a layoff in the wake of a sex scandal that tore apart his life and shut down his career, golf's number one player humbled himself over missing his son's first birthday and denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs.

For the first time in a very long while, Woods said he simply went out on Monday and played golf and had fun doing so, giving him renewed vigor to end his five-month competitive drought in Thursday's first round of the Masters.

"I'm looking forward to the first tee and teeing off. I haven't looked forward to that first shot in a long time," Woods said.

Woods laughed with playing partner Fred Couples and joked with spectators that were generally supportive during a practice round early Monday, as the star clearly enjoyed his return after hiding a secret sex life for years.

"You're living a life where you are lying all the time," Woods explained. "I wasn't having any fun. Now I have stopped all that and it's fun again."

But the 14-time major champion said his dream of breaking the all-time record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus paled in comparison when he remembered how much he had hurt his family.