Tiger returns, but he's not back again yet

Tiger Woods returned to competing this previous weekend, but he's not back again yet.
This is how Tiger's twelve weeks is going: A knucklehead while in the gallery tossed a hotdog and bun in his path for the seventh eco-friendly through Sunday's last round inside the Frys.com available at CordeValle the game of golf Club in Northern California. for the vibrant side, the frankfurter wasn't loaded.
This is how Tiger's twelve weeks is going: He shot 68-68-68 in his last three rounds at CordeValle to tie for 30th -- as well as now dropped while in the planet rankings, from No. 51 to No. 52.
Why? mainly since the Madrid Masters (won by Englishman Lee Slattery) and Korea available (won by Rickie Fowler) experienced more powerful actively playing fields compared to Frys.com, so only the best 29 gamers at CordeValle been given planet ranking points. Tiger just missed.
Well, a bare minimum of Woods didn't forget the cut. Incredibly, it experienced been his 1st create minimize since the Masters in April. consider that one. Injuries and WDs and limited-field functions contributed to that stat, but it's startling nonetheless.
Woods also doesn't need to forget his individual charity tournament, the Chevron planet Challenge at Sherwood country Club in earlier December. mainly because he was graded while in the best fifty last month, he certified -- barely -- to obtain a sponsor's exemption to his individual charity event, which benefits the Irvine-based Tiger Woods Foundation.
The other exemption is steering to costs Haas, newly crowned FedEx Cup champion. Woods announced the 18-player area Tuesday through a information conference in the Hollywood & Highland center in Hollywood, in which he ongoing his photo reparation by chatting using the media, shaking arms and posing for photos with fans and staging a placing contest for that public. a bare minimum of he beat the winner inside the placing contest, who now will reach stroll inside the ropes with Tiger through the 1st round at Sherwood.
One inside the 1st queries away from your advertising was a logical one: Is he steering to hold out in additional tournaments while in the future?
"I'm undoubtedly steering to hold out a complete schedule subsequent year. It's a little something I'm looking forward to," he said, adding that was his intention this twelve weeks until leg injuries intervened.
He do not, however, clarify why he doesn't preserve actively playing this year, with two additional Fall sequence functions for the schedule, if, indeed, he is producing progress with his new swing.
We won't see him in competing once more until the Australian available subsequent thirty day period after which the Presidents Cup, also straight down Under. until then, he'll be serving as host of the charity tournament at Pebble beachfront and accomplishing a sequence of exhibitions in Asia and Australia. Branding and endorsements even now arrive forward of honing the swing in competition, apparently.
Every time he returns to competition, it's regarded as a comeback, however it says right here Tiger won't certainly be back again until he wins again. It'll be two winless many years arrive November.
Gender equity: It somehow seemed fitting the fact that Cal suggest Fullerton men's and women's the game of golf programs, which experienced been resurrected in 2009-10 quickly after getting dormant for additional than twenty years, picked up their 1st celebration victories last month while in a comparable tournament.
Jason Drotter's guys and Pearl Bonnani's girls won their respective championships while in the Firestone Grill Invitational at Monarch Dunes the game of golf Club in Nipomo, outside San Luis Obispo. There experienced been 10 men's clubs and 7 women's clubs competing.
Sophomore Mark Anguiano led the guys by finishing even par much more than three rounds to tie for fourth amid all guys and girls since the Titans won the celebration name by 18 strokes, forward of nearest pursuers Utah Valley State, Seattle and UC Riverside.
Freshman Tisha Alyn Abrea tied for 2nd all round to guide the Fullerton girls to their maiden celebration title, 4 strokes forward of runnerup Seattle. Fellow huge West people Cal suggest Northridge and host Cal Poly SLO finished 3rd and fourth, respectively.
Freshman goes low: UC Irvine freshman Sarah Baek recently shot 69-76 for just about any third-place carry out all round in her 1st collegiate tournament, assisting the UCI girls carry out 2nd at the rear of college of San Francisco while in the 10-team Wolf Pack traditional at Dayton Valley the game of golf Club in Nevada.
Baek's opening-round 69 was the 11th-best round posted in college history.
OC junior champs: three county the game of golf prodigies captured division championships through the global Junior the game of golf Tour's two-day celebration at Talega the game of golf Club in San Clemente much more than this previous weekend.
Rito Armenta of San Juan Capistrano shot 76-75 to triumph the boys 15-19 division.
Samuel Schwartz of San Clemente shot 73-74 to triumph the boys under-14 division.
Avery French of Laguna Niguel shot 75-85 to triumph the girls under-19 division.
Parting shot: From Ernie Els, on utilizing a belly putter: "As lengthy since it is legal, I'll preserve cheating such as the sleep of them."