"Mate, if you're up for it-sorry ready to smoke it-sorry just ready, let's go tee it up for the 80th Masters."
Listen to the Tee Time Show with Kent Johns and Phil Tataurangi
That sort of conversation is as likely as Arnold Palmer fronting up for the ceremonial tee off at Augusta with old adversaries Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
Palmer has said no dice this year and I hope Woods says the same.
If he turns up and takes his place in the field as a former champion after eight months out of the game because of multiple back surgery, it will be a circus.
Television networks will wet themselves about crowds flocking to get a glimpse of Tiger and the golfing ghouls they will satisfy with concentrated coverage of the 14 times major winner.
That's where the Masters hits a glitch for me. Parading former champions, lauding their achievements and recognizing their place in the game is fine.
However the bulk of the coverage should be on those whose games are pushing the sport to new ceilings, players whose feats thrust them into the headlines rather than the novelty shows of past champions.
Tiger in his pomp, you betcha. Tiger after several months of concentrated practice in his special indoor Florida practice room, no thanks. I don't like watching fading stars decline even further in public.
Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Scott and others are the men pushing their games and the sport to new levels. They play with a fierce and unrelenting energy Woods brought to golf when he was fit.
Maybe the networks can offer a Woods feed on one of their multiple channels then we can make our own decisions.