Woods ready to take first shot at Wyndham
Tiger Woods will play the Wyndham Championship for the first time.
In an email to The Associated Press on Monday, agent Mark Steinberg confirmed that Woods will play in Greensboro, N.C., this week.
That ends a few days of uncertainty around Sedgefield County Club, the site of the final tournament of golf’s regular season.
Woods created a stir by entering the field just ahead of the deadline last Friday.
But after closing out a 73 and missing the cut at the PGA Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, he hedged a bit. He said he would “go through it with my team” to “see if that’s the right move or not.”
On Monday morning, Wyndham tournament director Mark Brazil sent out a brief tweet: “Bam! Tiger is coming!”
The first round begins Thursday.
BIRDS SWEEP A’S
Steve Clevenger hit a three-run homer, Chris Tillman won his seventh straight decision and host Baltimore completed a fourgame sweep of Oakland, 4-2.
Tim Beckham hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Tampa Bay cruised to a 9-2 victory over Houston.
Danny Salazar pitched seven strong innings to cool off the hot Red Sox bats, and Lonnie Chisenhall had a solo homer and three RBI to carry visiting Cleveland past Boston, 8-2.
Fernando Rodney walked Adrian Beltre to force in the winning run in the ninth to help host Texas beat Seattle, 4-3, for the Rangers fifth straight win.
Rookie Stephen Piscotty tripled and scored the go-ahead run on Mark Reynolds’ groundout in the eighth, and St. Louis beat San Francisco at home, 2-1.
Jeremy Hellickson won on the road for the first time in 2 months and Jake Lamb homered to lead Arizona to a 4-1 road victory over Pittsburgh. Hellickson (9-8) allowed one run and three hits in 51/3 innings while striking out four and walking one.
Rookie lefty Justin Nicolino pitched 6 solid innings and Derek Dietrich homered as Miami beat host Milwaukee, 6-2.
CONCUSSION SETTLEMENT APPEALED
Former NFL players who object to terms of the potential $1 billion concussion settlement filed appeals with a federal court in Philadelphia.
About a dozen appeals are expected on behalf of about 90 ex-players. They are likely to be argued this fall and delay payments until 2016.