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Golf star Tiger Woods has broken his silence for the first time since revelations about his private life made headlines in November. He made a full and frank apology for cheating on his wife. Here is how a selection of US media reacted to his statement.

Rick Cerrone, senior director of media relations for the New York Yankees baseball team from 1996 to 2006, called the statement "a disaster" on .

"It was a PR disaster. It will be shown in colleges in the future as an example of how not to do it... He got angry. This was not the way to handle it... I really believe this was an embarrassing performance."

Journalist Karen Hunter speaking on thinks Tiger Woods acquitted himself well.

"Tiger is going to nail it, because that's what he does. He stood up there on his own. He did what he was supposed to do. Can we move on now?"

Woods' delivery to be "measured and perfectly controlled", which "belied his reckless behavior".

by Tiger Woods' mention of his religious beliefs:

"Wow. Buddhism! Playing the religion card... Has he EVER talked about Buddhism before? Don't recall it."

by that part of the statement:

"Tiger's talking about Buddhism now. Didn't see that coming."

Speaking on , Jim Gorant, who writes about golf for Sports Illustrated, said the statement was a "good first step".

"Tiger is all about control. When this was set up, there was a sense of that, and some people were angry about that. But parts of what he said were sincere. He said flat out here 'I had affairs, I cheated', so that's a step forward."

But Midwin Charles, a legal contributor to In Session (formerly Court TV), who was appearing on the same programme, disagreed with Mr Gorant. She thought it was a "misstep" by Tiger Woods to attack the media:

"He brought this attention on himself by going out there and having those affairs. Get over it!"

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