Thursday: Tiger Woods takes on South Africa's Tim Clark in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Matchplay in Arizona

Woods birdies the second, but Clark hits back to win five and six, however a Woods win on seven squares the match

Clark birdies three on the trot to go three up before Woods holes his bunker shot on 14 to reduce the deficit

But he goes out-of-bounds with his tee shot on 15 and when a chip to 16 comes up short, Woods comeback ends in a 4&2 defeat

Wednesday: Woods makes his comeback at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship following a third knee operation

The world number one greets his Australian opponent Brendan Jones and his caddy Ron Levin at the first tee

The crowds gather in their hundreds as Woods gets his much-anticipated first round underway

New knee, same old Woods. The American makes a birdie at the opening hole and is 2-up through 10 holes

Woods stretches his lead to three-up when Jones bogeys the 12th. He then eagles the 13th to move four-up with five to play

Woods looks as if he has never been away, beating Jones 3&2 when he saves par from a bunker to halve the 16th

Tuesday: The interest in Woods is enormous as he speaks to a packed media conference

Hundreds of fans and photographers follow every swing of the 14-time major winner's practice round with Japan's Ryo Ishikawa

Woods, 33, appears confident in practice and, ominously for his rivals, claims to be improving his short game