HMG – Tiger Woods has graduated from rehab, made his apologies and even apparently reconciled with his wife, but there’s one vital part of his empire still missing – A lot of his fans now despise him.

A company called ‘Q Scores’ which has gauged celebrity star-power for advertisers, Hollywood and household-name companies for the last 50-years says terrible reviews about Tiger have jumped 160% in less than a year among those in the right age group to be his fans.

“There were significant declines in his appeal across every demographic, from younger adults to upper income and white-collar households, which are typically into golf,” Henry Schafer, lead researcher at Q Scores told the News.

Tiger’s now considered as repulsive as freak-show host, Jerry Springer and rapper Lil’ Kim. Last year he was rated among such lustrous company as Paul McCartney and Alicia Keyes.

Schafer also says it will take close to a miracle for Tiger to reverse this decline. Kobe Bryant, for example, has only regained 60% of his star power after six years and an NBA championship.

“It takes a while,” he clarified. “Obviously, Tiger has more opportunities to win and show he’s a champion. But he took a pretty huge hit.”

One thing that may help is his wife, Elin Nordegren moving back home. She’s been living is a spacious, rented house about a mile from the family home for three months. The pair were spied at the main house together on Wednesday, prompting speculation that she may go back in this weekend

….which would be perfect timing as they’d then be together for the next stop on the PGA tour – The Arnold Palmer Classic on March 18.

What do you reckon, guys – Can Tiger ever reclaim his throne?…