TIGER WOODS: On a Practice Ball Count

It appears that while Tiger Woods’ doctors have cleared him to participate next week at the Bridgestone Invitational, he cannot go full bore yet in practice.

Golf World and Golf Channel’s Tim Rosaforte is reporting that Tiger is on a practice ball count, and has been doing a lot of his practice this week with Sean Foley on the short game:

Their work was cut short on Thursday by a thunderstorm but Tiger played a quick 18 holes Friday morning riding a cart at Medalist GC in Hobe Sound, Fla., Woods’ new club near his Jupiter Island home. Most of the time they spent together was on short game as Woods is listening to doctor’s orders about managing his injuries by limiting his ball count.

Rosaforte also reports that Tiger started hitting balls on Tuesday.

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TIGER WOODS: Enters PGA Championship

Tiger Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg informed the PGA of America today that unless something goes wrong next week at Firestone, Tiger will play in the 2011 PGA Championship in two weeks at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

This news is no surprise — and it will take two healthy weeks from Tiger to not only try and win his 15th major but also accumulate enough FedEx points to go deep into the Playoffs.

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TIGER WOODS: To Play at Bridgestone Invitational Next Week, Bryon Bell to Caddy

Tiger Woods announced on his website tonight that he will return to the PGA Tour next week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in Akron, Ohio. He basically owns the place, having won there seven times.

Tiger tweeted: “Feeling fit and ready to tee it up at Firestone next week. Excited to get back out there!”

I would assume if he gets through next week OK then he’ll be good to go for the PGA Championship in two weeks.

Also, Jason Sobel of Golf Channel has learned that Tiger’s childhood friend and head of his golf course design business Bryon Bell will be on the bag next week.

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 30

This week on the PGA Tour it’s The Greenbrier Classic. Phil Mickelson is in the field. This is where Stuart Appleby shot his 59 last year in the final round.

TV Coverage is Golf Channel, Thursday-Friday, 3-6pm ET, Live, Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30pm ET, Live, and CBS, Saturday-Sunday, 3-6pm ET, Live.

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: Greenbrier Classic

Here’s my picks for this week:

A: Phil Mickelson (Backup: Jonathan Byrd)
B: Stuart Appleby (Backup: Webb Simpson)
B: Brendon de Jonge (Backup: Davis Love III)
C: Tom Watson (Backup: Sergio Garcia)

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NEW YORK JETS: Jets Sign Santonio Holmes to 5-Year Deal

The Jets got their number one priority signed today when WR Santonio Holmes signed a five-year, $50 million deal today, with $24 guaranteed.

Mark Sanchez keeps his play-making wide receiver, Tone Time still reigns, and the Jets can move on to their next priority.

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NEW YORK JETS: Sign Wayne Hunter to Four-Year Deal, Woody Retires

The Jets have made their first move of free agency. According to his agent, via Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com, They have signed Wayne Hunter to a new four-year deal to be their right tackle. That means Damien Woody, who said yesterday he’d either return to the Jets or retire, will retire.

I would have preferred to keep Woody for another year but apparently he didn’t give the Jets a decision on if he wanted to return earlier in the day and the Jets decided to go with Hunter.

He did a nice job when Woody went down, so I don’t mind the move — just would have preferred Woody.

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NEW YORK JETS: Free Agent List

Now that the lockout is over, here’s the list of the Jets free agents for the 2011 offseason:

UNRESTRICTED

FB Tony Richardson
DE Trevor Pryce
DE Shaun Ellis
WR Braylon Edwards
OL Wayne Hunter
S Brodney Pool
QB Kellen Clemens
CB Drew Coleman
CB Antonio Cromartie
WR Santonio Holmes
LB Lance Laury
WR Brad Smith
S Eric Smith
P Steve Weatherford
PK Nick Folk
S James Ihedigbo

RESTRICTED

OL Robert Turner

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PGA TOUR: What It Means — July 24, 2011 — Canadian Open

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com.)

A popular player wins again in this week’s What It Means:

1) Sean O’Hair is an interesting case study. Estranged from his biological father, he had to overcome a lot off the golf course to find success on it. He got 3 PGA Tour wins. Then his golf game left him and he let his caddie and his coach, Sean Foley, go. He was struggling, big time.

But in golf it only takes one week to turn it all around and that was the RBC Canadian Open for O’Hair, beating Kris Blanks today in a playoff. Bogey was enough in the playoff for victory, after Blanks played a bunker shot through the green and played a questionable chip shot that left himself with a putt for bogey he failed to make on the first playoff hole.

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NEW YORK JETS: Peyton’s Guru Tom Moore Hired as Consultant

As the NFL Lockout nears its end, finally (Monday, hopefully?), the Jets made a very important hire this week that cannot be overlooked. They announced that they’ve hired Tom Moore, former offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts and better known as Peyton Manning’s personal guru.

He’ll be a consultant and mostly work from home in South Carolina studying film, but this is just another veteran voice to get into Mark Sanchez’s head, helping him through problematic situations.

A lot has been talked about with all the Jets free agents at the playmaking positions, but I firmly believe the Jets will only go so far as how much better a quarterback Sanchez becomes this year. This should help.

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