PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL--The Heraldsun.com reports Tiger Woods could return to competitive golf on February 15 with an appearance at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.
The paper says there are "strengthening whispers" he will appear at the event in Marana, Arizona.
According to the New York Daily News the PGA tour would not confirm the story.
In an interview with the Associated Press golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to "show some humility to the public" when he returns to golf after sorting out his personal life.
Watson also said Wednesday that Woods should clean up his on-course behavior in order to be considered among the true greats of the game.
Woods is on an indefinite break since his car crash Nov. 27 that fueled sordid tales of extramarital affairs.
"I feel that he has not carried the same stature that other great players that have come along like Jack (Nicklaus), Arnold (Palmer), Byron Nelson, the Hogans, in the sense that there was language and club throwing on the golf course," Watson said. "You can grant that of a young person that has not been out here for a while. But I think he needs to clean up his act and show the respect for the game that other people before him have shown."
The tour's biggest concern will be trying to control the gallery when Woods returns, if not protecting the guys with whom Woods is playing.
If a strip club will hire a plane at a tournament where Woods is not playing, what happens on the ground when he is playing?
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
