Today's 2 p.m. press conference set for Tiger Woods to face the media en masse for the first time since his Thanksgiving Day auto accident and subsequent sex scandal is a clear challenge for both him and the media.

Woods obviously wants to say as little as possible about his private life and be able to put much behind him. Reporters on the scene want the opposite.

So far, most media types have gotten little out of Woods, despite a public apology and two, five-minute limited interviews with ESPN and The Golf Channel. If the sports press involved want to get any kind of respectability for themselves, they must find a way for Tiger to open up and give some details and real answers, without pushing him into a reactive corner. The follow-up questions and continued asking over and over if needed, will be crucial.

See if they can accomplish it, or if he will, as he heads back to playing time with this week's Master's tournament.