Cut Line: Tiger's back in the news
Tiger Woods faces six months of recovery following his fourth back procedure in three years, Wesley Bryan gets 51 weeks of Masters tune up thanks to his RBC Heritage heroics, and Lydia Ko fires her ninth caddie in just over three seasons. Its golf by the numbers in this weeks edition of Cut Line.
Made CutBryans best trick. When Cut Line asked Wesley Bryan about his chances to play this years Masters following his tie for fourth place at the Genesis Open in February his answer was surprisingly measured.All that stuff works it way out, said the Augusta, Ga., native. It would be super special, but I know Im going to get there at some point.The former trick shot specialist didnt make it into the field at what is essentially his hometown event, but his prediction that he would eventually earn a start at the Masters played out on Sunday at the RBC Heritage, where he finished a stroke ahead of Luke Donald for his first PGA Tour victory.This is the best-case scenario winning this week, now I've got 51 weeks to get ready for Augusta in my own city, Bryan said.Sometimes the reward is worth the wait.Tweet of the week: @wesleybryangolf (Wesley Bryan) Celebration dinner! @TacoBellBryans dining choices for his post-Heritage victory probably resonated with every college student ever, and it also frames an interesting conversation. If he were to win the 18 Masters would the 19 Champions Dinner include Chalupa Supremes for everyone?Tough Walker. On Wednesday at the Valero Texas Open, Jimmy Walker told reporters he has tested positive for Lyme disease, which includes bouts of fatigue among the symptoms.The 16 PGA champion said hes been slowed by the disease since last November and initially thought he was suffering from mononucleosis.Basically feels like you got the flu. No strength, just got nothing, Walker said. And it comes and goes in waves. You never know when it's going to pop up.Although Walker said hes working with doctors to come up with a treatment plan, he already seems to be on the road to recovery following rounds of 70-69 that left him tied for fourth place at TPC San Antonio.NOLA renewed. Friday marked the grand opening of Bayou Oaks Golf Course in New Orleans City Park, a 7,300-yard, par-72 course designed by Rees Jones.The new layout which was funded by Louisiana, FEMA and the Bayou District Foundation, which will operate the course has been years in the making and includes parts of the old East and West golf courses.Modeled after the East Lake project in Atlanta, a portion of the proceeds from the facility will go to support the Bayou District Foundation's education initiatives in a nearby mixed-income community.The final piece of the puzzle for officials will be to lure the Zurich Classic away from TPC Louisiana, where its been played since 2005, and back to City Park, where the old News Orleans Open was played from 1938 to 62.
Made Cut-Did Not Finish (MDF)Tough gig. There are two kinds of caddies, those who have been fired and those who are about to be fired, but Lydia Ko seems to have taken that axiom a bit far.Ko dismissed her caddie Gary Matthews following a tie for second place at the LPGAs Lotte Championship after just nine events with the veteran looper.In just over three years, Ko has gone through nine caddies.I wish her the best, but shes gone through so many caddies, she needs to wake up on caddie-player relationships, Matthews told Golf Digest. Otherwise shell just keep doing it.Kos manager with IMG Michael Yim said the split was a personality difference, but after working her way through the caddie yard it might be the 19-year-old who needs the personality adjustment.
Missed CutLong-term fix. On Tuesday Tiger Woods said he has good days and bad days. Whether Wednesday qualifies as the former or the latter only time will tell.The 14-time major champion announced via his website on Thursday that he had an anterior lumbar interbody fusion, his fourth back surgery since April 2014. Recovery can take six months, according to the announcement, which essentially ends another season for Woods, who made just a single Tour start in 2017.Woods manager Mark Steinberg told GolfChannel.com that the fusion surgery is dramatically different from the other procedures hes had in the past and that the focus now is on quality of life and a healthy, active lifestyle.Where golf is on that list will depend on another extended recovery, but if history is any guide its safe to say Woods best years are firmly behind him.Davis Love III won the 2015 Wyndham Championship after having neck surgery in 13 and Rocco Mediate has won three times on the PGA Tour Champions after having similar procedures, but competitive relevance and prolonged health issues are very much mutually exclusive. Woods may one day return to the Tour, but its become increasingly clear he wont be the same player he once was.
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