Golfing superstar Tiger Woods plans to speak to reporters at the Masters. This will be the first time Woods has taken on the broader media since his scandal in November, 2009 that earned him world-wide and unwanted attention. The press conference will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 5, according to a tentative interview schedule issued by Augusta National.

Typically, only moderately newsworthy golfers hold press conferences on Mondays. Woods would be the exception to the rule, possibly generating enough media attention to undermine the NCAA championship game, to be held later on that evening. This would also be an excellent way to maximize ratings for the Masters tournament to begin later during the week.

"Our focus that Monday will be on crowning the next national champion," NCAA spokesman Erik Christianson said.

Golfing legend Arnold Palmer argues that Woods should be more open with reporters.

"It's up to him to do and say whatever he feels he needs to do to redeem the situation, put it in the proper place," Palmer said. " ... I suppose the best thing he could do would be open up and just let you guys shoot at him. And that's just my thought."

I have to admit that Arnold Palmer is probably right about the Tiger Woods Press conference. Tiger needs to be a bit more transparent, since it was quite probable that his stoic nature is what led to the public being so intrigued by his personal life. Tiger is just a man, like the rest of us, and as we all know, men tend to be interested in you-know-what.

Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and the author of the new book, "Black American Money." To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.