Tiger to take next step
Tiger Woods said he’s checked out of the clinic where he went to get help dealing with pain medications, the former top golfer in the world saying he will “continue to tackle this going forward.”
The treatment follows the golfer’s arrest on a DUI charge after he was found asleep at the wheel in Jupiter, Fla., around 2 a.m. on May 29. Woods told police he was taking various prescriptions. And tests revealed no alcohol was found in his system.
Yesterday on Twitter, Woods said that he recently completed an out-of-state “private intensive program.” He said he would continue his work with the help of his doctors, family and friends. He thanked people for their support.
Woods said in a statement last month that he was receiving professional help to manage his medications and how he deals with pain and a sleep disorder. His agent confirmed that the 14-time major champion, who had the most recent of his many back surgeries in April, was seeking in-patient treatment. . . .
Jordan Spieth has decided to skip the John Deere Classic to prepare for the third major of the season. Spieth, a two-time winner in Silvis, Ill., did not defend his 2015 title at the TPC Deere Run last year.
The John Deere Classic is July 1316. The British Open at Royal Birkdale will be played the following week.
Soccer: Keen on Keane
Everton signed defender Michael Keane from fellow English Premier League side Burnley for a fee that could rise to a club-record equaling $38.8 million. The 24-year-old center back, who made his national team debut in March, will be under contract for five years. . . .
Rather than retire or play against Chelsea, John Terry decided to join a team that was unlikely to face the EPL champions. The former Chelsea captain signed a one-year deal with second-division club Aston Villa, three days after ending a 22-year run with the London club. . . .
French league champion Monaco signed Dutch defender Terence Kongolo on a five-year deal. Kongolo, 23, came through the academy at Feyenoord, where he won the Dutch title this season. . . .
Real Salt Lake signed Uruguayan defender Marcelo Silva to a Major League Soccer contract. The center back will be eligible to play after the summer transfer window opens next Monday.
Misc.: Study boosts IAAF
A scientific paper found that women who produce higher-than-normal amounts of testosterone have up to a 4.5 percent advantage over their competition on the track, evidence the sport’s governing body will use to potentially sideline Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya of South Africa and others with so-called intersex conditions. The International Association of Athletics Federations will use the study to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which suspended an IAAF rule that enforced a limit on female athletes’ naturally occurring testosterone levels. . . .
Peter Sagan sprinted to his eighth career Tour de France stage victory after one of his feet slipped from a pedal and cost him a big lead, and Geraint Thomas preserved the overall race lead when the cyclists arrived in Longwy, France. . . .
Driver Sebastian Vettel escaped punishment from Formula One’s governing body after deliberately colliding with Lewis Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last month.
Death: Baseball’s Vincent
David Vincent, a Washington Nationals official scorer and respected baseball historian nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat Stats” who hailed from Waltham, died Sunday at 67 at home in Centreville, Va., after a long battle with stomach cancer.
Vincent earned a degree in music from the UMass, a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from the University of Miami. He performed with the Miami Philharmonic.