For those of you who have been living in a cave for the last six months, Tiger Woods returned to competition this weekend at the Masters.

He didn’t win.

The world’s No. 1 golfer put on a decent enough show for his first time on the course since last year, but there were some obvious kinks in his swing.

Some will call the loss “karma,” saying he deserved to fall in his first time back for all of those “transgressions” that he admitted to and apologized for.

Some were rooting against him, feeling that his actions burned them and ruined the person they thought he was.

Most were just creeped out by the new Nike commercial where he stares blankly into the camera while his late father’s voice asks him what he learned. Weren’t you reminded of the Humane Society commercials with the crying puppies and Sarah McLachlan singing? Yeah, us too.

Then there were those who were just happy to see him back.

We are glad that — if for only four days — this man’s personal mistakes were left alone, and, instead, the missed putts or shanked drives were the topic of debate by the TV personalities in attendance.

We are glad that his “transgressions” were left alone while he was on the course and in subsequent interviews, because, as it turns out, his “personal matters” are none of our business.

After all, if there’s one thing that his loss showed the world, it’s that he is human.

He makes mistakes.

Just like the rest of us.