Confidence has a shelf life... it's an intangible that can only come from winning big tournaments against the best in the world.
I think we need to pump the breaks on the "He's back!" discussions. If/when he wins an event, then the discussion might factor again.
But not until then. We've seen these sporadic episodes of "wow! he looks great" too many times in the past several years to make anything more of it than what it is.
He's gotta win something more than low-medalist for the day in a 4-round tournament.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer. But this is reality. He's gotta win a tournament, plain and simple, to be taken seriously. He's been away much too long to elevate him to that level of discussion based on a couple of rounds.
Read a few comments on a sports thread yesterday about Tiger's first round back, and already several argued that he would win 2 majors next season.
WTF are these people smoking? LOL