The man in charge of the Open Championship has refused to hand Tiger Woods another public rebuke on the eve of the famous tournament at St Andrews.
Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, would not be drawn into condemning the scandal that has dogged Woods since a string of revelations about his private life emerged last year.
Prior to the world number one's appearance at the year's first major -- the Masters at Augusta in April -- Woods was handed a public dressing down by Augusta National chairman Billy Payne.
