Woods plays first round since Masters
Tiger Woods played his first round of golf yesterday since knee surgery 2 days after the Masters, getting a thumbs-up from his swing coach after 17-plus holes at Torrey Pines riding in a cart.
Tiger Woods
played his first round of golf yesterday since knee surgery 2 days after the Masters, getting a thumbs-up from his swing coach after 17-plus holes at Torrey Pines riding in a cart.
Eight days before the start of the U.S. Open, Woods played in solitude on the South Course with swing coach Hank Haney, stopping only when he saw a small group of people with cameras waiting around the 18th green.
"It went well," Haney said in a telephone interview. "He hit the ball really well. It was definitely a positive day."
The San Diego Union-Tribune, which first reported on its Web site that Woods had played, said the round lasted 3 hours, 15 minutes amid tight security. No spectators or media were allowed on the course.
It was the first time Woods has played at Torrey Pines since he won the Buick Invitational in January by eight shots before thousands of fans. Haney said it was eerie to play a city-owned golf course with no one around.
"We were the only ones out there," Haney said.
Olympics
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Pro Basketball
* Utah Jazz forward Kyle Korver plans had surgery to remove a bone spur on his left foot. Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor said he expects Korver to be OK by training camp.
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Colleges
* A judge in Columbia, S.C., said a simple-assault charge against South Carolina sophomore basketball player Devan Downey has been dropped. A student sought a simple-assault charge against Downey last month after an argument on campus.
* Pittsburgh sophomore receiver Maurice Williams will sit out the season after being declared academically ineligible.
Philly File
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Sport Stops
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