New beginning

SAYING divorce is hard on anyone is probably over-stating the obvious.

Mr and Mrs Woods are no more and, to cushion the blow on their offspring, Tiger and Elin, according to friends, are speaking again because they each want to play a role in their children's upbringing.

Under these circumstances, civility between the pair can only augur well for little Sam and Charlie.

Our noble mien enjoins us to share with the rest of the empathic world in wishing them well on this score.

But if indeed there's a thread of the proverbial silver lining in every dark cloud, divorce can only help the world's number one golfer the welcome chance to work at his game and, in the words of celebrity divorce lawyer Gloria Allred, "begin again".

As he starts on this course to begin again, the gentleman's game will be a lot more fierce.