Woods practices at site of PGA Championship
Tiger Woods flew to Oklahoma on Thursday for a practice round at Southern Hills, the first step in deciding whether he can play in the PGA Championship.
The 18-hole practice round while walking came three weeks before the start of the PGA Championship being held May 19-22 at Southern Hills in Tulsa.
A person with knowledge of his plans, speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because only Woods can authorize such information, confirmed the practice round.
Woods made a remarkable return to golf at the Masters following his Feb. 23, 2021, car crash on the Palos Verdes Peninsula that shattered bones in his right leg and ankle.
Golf Channel reported that Southern Hills head pro Cary Cozby caddied for Woods on Thursday. Tulsa TV station KOTV showed an overhead shot of Woods putting. He was wearing a black sleeve on his right leg.
Bruins’ Singleton back; Johnson not
UCLA guard David Singleton is returning for a fifth year with the Bruins, while center Myles Johnson is leaving the team to finish his graduate degree in electrical engineering.
Both players announced their plans on social media.
Singleton is taking advantage of an extra year of eligibility, which the NCAA granted to athletes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singleton averaged 4.8 points and 1.5 rebounds while playing in 33 games. He led the Bruins in threepoint shooting at 45% and frequently provided an emotional spark off the bench.
Johnson decided not to use a fifth season of eligibility and instead will focus on completing the second year of his master’s program. He averaged 3.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks playing in all 35 games, including 15 starts, as a redshirt senior last season.
Gonzaga guard Rasir Bolton has become the fifth Bulldogs starter to declare for the NBA draft, he announced on social media.
USC will open its 2023 season a week earlier than the rest of college football after Brigham Young backed out of a deal to play in November amid its transition to the Big 12.
USC will now fill out its schedule with San Jose State instead, opening the second season of the Lincoln Riley era on Aug. 26, 2023, in a Week 0 matchup that should give the Trojans a stage largely to themselves.
—Ryan Kartje
The NBA fined Markieff Morris $25,000 for interfering with a live game play while on the bench and Miami Heat teammate Jimmy Butler $15,000 for making what the league determined to be an obscene gesture earlier this week against the Atlanta Hawks. The Heat were fined an additional $15,000 for turning a video of the gesture into a social media post.
Chicago will host the WNBA All-Star game for the first time, in July.
Two-time Madrid Open champion Simona Halep and second-ranked Paula
Badosa will meet in the tournament’s second round after Halep beat Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 and Badosa defeated Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-0 . ... Casper Ruud took his time finding his rhythm as he beat Alex Molcan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals at the BMW Open in Munich.
Barcelona will play the 2023-24 season away from Camp Nou while Europe’s largest soccer stadium undergoes a massive overhaul, the Spanish club said.
Lindsborg (Kan.) police announced that two boys are suspected of being involved in the contamination of a water cooler used by the Kansas Wesleyan baseball team during a doubleheader at Bethany College last weekend.
The Chicago Blackhawks hired longtime Chicago Cubs executive Jeff Greenberg as associate general manager under new GM Kyle Davidson.