Tiger Woods making a charge?

Tiger Woods at last year's Barclays/courtesy of McClatchy-Tribune Services

Check out the leaderboard when play begins Saturday in the PGA Tour's Farmer Insurance Open.

See anything familiar?

Tiger Woods is tied for 12th halfway through the $5.8 million pursed tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course.

Woods carded his second straight 69 to place himself five shots behind leader Bill Haas.

El Tigre was in bad shape before two late birdies got him to 6-under par for the tournament.

So is Tiger Woods back?

Or is his game still light years away?

The answer is neither.

Woods is flashing the potential that made him golf's most dominant force since Jack Nicklaus.

But his game hasn't returned, either.

Woods had a bogey stretch that was unheard of during his scorching run prior to the marital scandal that's left him No. 3 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings.

A victory at Torrey Pines, however, will do more to steer Woods back to the mountain top.

Tiger Woods announces debut

Tiger Woods during last year's The Barclays golf tournament/courtesy of McClatchy-Tribune Services

Tiger Woods announced Wednesday that he'll make his 2011 PGA Tour debut at the Farmer's Insurance Open.

The annual event at Torrey Pines is something Woods has gotten used to.

In fact, he's gotten used to winning at the San Diego track - earning victories the last five times he's played there.

Woods had this to say about his game on Twitter:

"I've been working hard on my game, it's game time hooah!!"

Television ratings have a tendency to go up when Tiger is in the field, so getting Woods back on the course - whether you love him or hate him - is a good thing for the PGA Tour.