Tiger Woods was a little taken aback last week at the British Open when he was asked whether he could understand why people liked him less after last year’s revelations about his personal life.

Lloyd Blankfein is probably more used to people not liking Goldman Sachs, but Woods and Blankfein face the same valid question: will they recover from their startling fall from grace and recent run of poor form to reclaim their established position at the top of their game?