Ernie Els: Tour will welcome Woods' return

It is reports that Tiger Woods has come back home in Windermere, spenting the past week at a family counseling center in Arizona. The CBS official news reported Tiger Woods appeared in Isleworth. It seem that it won't be too long before the world NO.1 come back to the game. Golfer Ernie Els said it is a good news to the game.

"It's good news to hear that he's practicing again."

"I believe he'll be embraced when he returns. The sport needs him. He's the drawing card, and I think he needs the game, too." Els said Tuesday on the Champion driving range at PGA National Resort & Spa, where he is preparing for Thursday's start of the Honda Classic.

Els mentioned next month's Masters as a possibility that Woods might return to PGA Tour competition. "Your guess is as good as mine," said Els, who won the Honda Classic on the Champion two years ago.

"Tiger is the best. I want him to be back," the masters champion  Argentine told reporters during a conference call. "When he's there he makes a big difference (and) a special tournament." The Masters will be April 8-11.

Woods broke a silence of almost three months Feb. 19 when he offered a 13 1/2-minute apology to family, friends, fans and business associates for having been unfaithful to his wife. A sex scandal had engulfed Woods from the time that news broke that he was in a single-vehicle accident in last November.

He had announced last December that he was taking an "indefinite break" from golf to tend to personal matters. During his apology last month, Woods said he didn't rule out a return to competition this year.

Woods, according to reports, returned to his Orlando-area home Saturday and has been hitting balls on the Isleworth practice range.