Jim McLean gives Doral intimidating one-two punch

MIAMI For amateurs and PGA Tour golfers alike, the TPC Blue Monster at Doral is one of South Florida’s most daunting tests. And with the recent opening of the Jim McLean Signature Course at Doral, the resort now boasts the most intimidating one-two punch in the Southeast.

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The 18-hole championship layout, formerly known as the Silver Course, was redesigned by noted golf instructor Jim McLean, who not only has his flagship golf school at Doral but also was lauded for his redesign of the Blue Monster in 1999.

“That worked out very well,” McLean said of his 1999 project. “The top tour players came back to Doral. They loved the changes back to the original Dick Wilson look. Our rounds of golf were taking close to six hours, and that dropped way back to under five hours.”

But while the TPC Blue Monster is most notorious for one hole its water-lined, par-4 finisher the Jim McLean course for which McLean consulted Tom Fazio has three holes in succession that will grab your attention. The trio is aptly dubbed the Bermuda Triangle.

The adventure begins at the par-4 13th, where players must avoid a lake that hugs the right side of the fairway from tee to green. The fairway is broad, but there’s little room for error down the right side of the fairway, which runs to the edge of the water.

No. 14 is considered the signature hole at the Jim McLean course, and for good reason. This island-green par 3 is as diabolical as it is visually stunning. It’s like No. 17 on the Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass, but the green is smaller, and there’s a little more rough around the green. Good luck!

No. 15 is the easiest of the Bermuda Triangle holes, but for the third straight hole, any shot right of the target will meet a watery grave. The elevated, two-tiered green is this hole’s greatest defense. Play a fairway metal or hybrid off the tee, and you’ll have a simple approach shot. Like the other holes in the Bermuda Triangle, par here is a great score.

A tough beginning on the Jim McLean Signature Course at Doral

Don’t get ahead of yourself, though. Before you get to the Bermuda Triangle, you’ll have to navigate your way through a difficult opening stretch.

“The first three holes from the back tees are the toughest starting holes in Florida and likely the U.S.A.,” McLean said.

So why make the course so difficult? McLean says it’s all about creating a memorable golf experience.

“Golfers are not traveling to play mediocre golf courses,” he said. “The idea was always to get our guests at Doral to take the shuttle over to the Jim McLean course and also to have golfers traveling to South Florida make this a ‘must-play’ golf course.”

Upgrades at Doral Golf Resort & Spa

If you thought the Jim McLean Signature Course is the only thing Doral has going on, think again. It’s just one item on a $16 million list of upgrades the resort is making. Other projects include a partnership with the PGA Tour’s TPC to rename the Blue Monster, TPC Blue Monster at Doral, as well as the enhancement of The Great White Course and Gold Course with TifEagle greens.

A $5 million renovation of the spa and a new Latin-inspired steakhouse are also among the upgrades, which will be finalized in time for the resort’s 50th anniversary in 2012.

The golf star in Miami shines brighter because of Doral Resort & Spa and the new Jim McLean Signature Course at Doral. But don’t be caught star-gazing or bogey beckons.

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Sand Hollow Golf Course Review

Above: Sand Hollows 13th hole

My review queue is fairly long. Ive got course reviews on my list from a year or more ago, and products can be months. Im shoving all of those items down one slot and Ive put my Sand Hollow Golf Course review at the top of the list. It is been 31 hours and six minutes since I walked of the 18th hole at Sand Hollow, making a par after missing about a five foot uphill birdie putt. Missing birdie putts, though a common occurrence during my round yesterday, didnt matter. In fact, if I would have made a double bogey on every hole I wouldnt care.

Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite thing in the world to do is golf, and a close 2nd place is exploring the red rock country of southern Utah. I can hike for miles in the desert red rock. Im like a little kid, discovering new adventures and letting natures wonder inspire and humble me. Sand Hollow humbled me. Like the Willey Nelson line, Sand Hollow is always on my mind.

Overview

Sand Hollow is a 27 hole golf course located just outside of Hurricane (pronounced Hurricun by the locals) Utah. The first 18 are the primary golf course, while the 3rd set of nine is called the Links Course. Im reviewing the first 18. I attempted to play the Links Course, but was rained out before I could tee off. Trust me. Ill be back soon to get in another round and experience that 3rd nine, even if I have to start walking the 300 miles from my house now.

Design

Sand Hollow was designed by John Fought and Andy Staples. These are the two newest members of my favorite golf course designers list. There are now a total of four on the list, the other two being Baxter Spann (Black Mesa in New Mexico) and my all time favorite Tom Doak.

John and Andy probably had a relatively easy design job really. They didnt move much earth. They let the sandy terrain of the area dictate the rolling hills of the fairways and undulations of the putting greens. In true links style, Sand Hollow has hard fairways with many humps and bumps. Flat lies are uncommon. The player must stay focused on all shots or the small variations in terrain will cause errant shots or produce errant and unexpected bounces.

Sand Hollow is a tale of two nines, or perhaps a tale of the first eight and last ten holes. The first eight holes are very linksey (I just invented that word). The links holes wind through the red sand dunes, defined by the areas of uncut sagebrush and spires of red rock.

Starting with hole #9, elevation changes become much more dramatic, crescendoing with the incredible trio of holes, the 12th, 13th and 14th. More on those later. And stick around will you? These holes are unbelievable.

Practice Facility

Sand Hollow has a large driving range and short game areas for fine tuning your game. I hit a few balls and practiced putting before my round. Right next to one practice green is a great red rock mountain. I love it.

Tees

Like many links courses, the tees at Sand Hollow are not unnatural or constructed by moving a ton of dirt. Many of the tees on the links holes are very unassuming and find themselves fitting in with the surroundings. Views from the tees show green landing areas over and enclosed by sand dunes and sage. Looking out over the course is fascinating; rolling hills, contrasting green grass, red rock, gray sage and red sand.

On the more desert plateau style holes, the tees are in some very cool places. Some are elevated, up on cliffsides while others are down below the holes, requiring more club. Just wait until you see the tees on the signature par-3 15th hole. Amazing.

Fairways

The fairways at Sand Hollow are fairly wide, though some may not look that wide from the tee because you may not be able to see them in their entirety. Size alone doesnt mean you can hit any part of the fairways and be in a good position, or even in play for that matter. Hitting the wrong side of a fairway at Sand Hollow can mean a bad position for the next shot or even worse, a lost ball in the desert sage.

Above: Sand Hollows 10th hole

With all of the mounds and slants of the fairway, bounces are interesting to say the least. Some good shots can catch penalizing bounces, while some bad shots may bounce into better than expected positions. The mounds of the fairways can produce very interesting lies as well. Top level concentration is required to hit the correct shot type from the many different stances. For instance, I had many shots which called for a fade to the green, but the lie was influencing a draw.

Bunkering

The bunkering at Sand Hollow is amazing, stunning, dramatic. A great item of note on the bunkers, is that basically all they are is holes in the ground. No sand was brought in. The sand in the bunkers is the native red rock sand. I have a bottle of it at home above my mantle. This sand is so fine and consistent. When I found a bunker I was able to read a carbon copy of the dimple pattern of my golf ball within the trails the ball left in the sand.

Greens

The greens at Sand Hollow are very large with many distinct quadrants. Subtle and not-so-subtle mounding and tiers make putting a difficult but fun challenge. Creativity around the greens is required to score. The greens are firm and fast, requiring control on approaches and chips.

On the par-5 17th hole I was short-sided left in two shots. I was about 15 feet off the green, and the pin was on the other side of a large hump about another 15 feet. In order for me to get the ball close I had to play a bump-and-run shot up the fringe and die it at the top of the hump, letting it feed down and left to the hole. I had to play a British Open style shot. This particular shot I executed with an 8-iron and a putting stroke to perfection. My one foot birdie was the only birdie putt Id make all day, though I had many opportunities within 10 feet. I told my playing partner after that putt, Ive found my range: One foot.

Signature Stretch

There are several holes which could be signature holes at Sand Hollow. But the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th holes are a stretch of golf holes like no other Ive ever seen or played. In fact, nothing Ive experienced to this point on a golf course really can compare to the stunning views and awe inspiring scenery of these holes.

I got my first glimpse of #12 from the 11th green. 11 is a very cool par-3 with a huge drop off to the right of the green, protected by a massive and deep bunker. I was in that bunker and short sided. The hillside where the green lay was so slanted, I blasted my bunker shot out, far past the pin and off the green up the hill, watching it roll back to the pin to about five feet. Unfortunately my putting woes continued and I carded a bogey.

But while on #11 I caught a glimpse of what is now one of the most visually amazing golf holes Ive ever seen. Hundreds of feet below, down the cliffside, was a golf hole. It was so strange to see just a sliver of the hole, so many hundreds of feet down and away, that it didnt even look real.

As I got closer to #12 (below)I was awestruck. Elevated tees on a red rock cliffside to a fairway with a cliff rising to the right and another cliff dropping off hundreds of feet left. The hole is very steeply uphill as well, with an elevated green guarded by many big bunkers. The green was at the top of this small cliffside canyon.

Above, Im teeing off on the par-4 12th. Left of the fairway is a cliff which drops 100s of feet.

My drive was in the left rough, three feet from dropping hundreds of feet into the desert abyss. My heels were almost on the edge of the cliff as I thrashed my 17 degree hybrid. I was over 200 yards out and severely uphill. I caught a great bounce, then the ball rolled up onto the green about five feet above the hole.

I was actually shaking over this putt, like I was putting to win my first green jacket or something. I wanted to birdie this hole bad. Somehow my downhill putt came up about one inch short, or I would have birdied one of the most visually stunning and difficult holes Id ever played. Still, a one inch par putt is a no-brainer.

#13 (first image) is a great risk/reward hole. 320 from the tips. When we played it, the yardage I lasered from the tee we were on was 287. We all took out driver and went for it. I ended up in the bunker short of the green, and was saved from going in the right greenside bunker by the rake. My running chip was too hard and I couldnt make the recovery putt. The view of this hole from the next tee, off a small cliff, is stunning as you can see:

#15 (pictured below) is Sand Hollows signature hole, though 11, 12, 13 could qualify for such status as well. This par-3 has more sets of tees than I can count, and theyre all at different angles and elevations. The shots to this beautifully framed green can vary greatly. One set of tees which is down below where I played from, is framed by two red rock spires on each side of the tee.

Above: Im about to knock an 8-iron to three feet!

I knocked an 8-iron to about three feet on this beautiful hole, and once again couldnt convert the bird. But by that point I was so humbled and in such awe of this golf course that I didnt even care about my score.

Sand Hollow Images

Unfortunately the day was overcast with occasional rain when I played Sand Hollow. Even in unfavorable lighting conditions I shot over 150 photos, all of which are posted in my Sand Hollow Image Gallery. I plan on heading back down for the 3.5 hour drive when the weather is right, and spending some time on the course not only with my golf cubs, but with my Nikon.

Conclusion

Im still in awe of this incredible golf course. Im already looking at my calendar, trying to find a date I can go back and play the course for 2-3 straight days. Sand Hollow golf course is tough, but not unfair. The course allows for ball striking and short game creativity with the rolling hills and links style play. I was quite satisfied that I managed my way around the whole thing with one golf ball.

The scenery at Sand Hollow is 2nd to none. When you play this course, and you WILL, let me know and Ill meet you there. And bring your camera.

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As the Golf World Turns

WOODS, PART I: Tiger Woods returned home from a week-long stint at an Arizona rehabilitation center, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The AP said he was in Arizona for marriage and family counseling with his wife, Elin. It is still not known when Woods will return to the PGA Tour; though, he has started practicing again, the story said.

The focus now shifts from Woods’ personal life to his professional one at least until he encounters an open media forum. That likely won’t happen until he plays again, which begs the big question: When will he play again? The Masters Tournament is one month away. A week ago that didn’t seem like a target, but now it’s a definite possibility. If Woods has taught us one thing it’s: never be surprised by anything he does [on or off the course].

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You Might Have Miss the Cut if…

Dueling HiDefs in a local Unos restaurant were simultaneously airing reports on Tiger Woods (ESPN) and John Daly (ESPN2) late Thursday, a reality that stretches the validity of the old maxim that any publicity is good publicity.

From Steve Williams curious televised two-step and Ian Poulters single-fingered salute to the Birds Nest to John Dalys 10-digit prank, golf had a Blue Collar Radio feel to it this week.

Made Cut

A return. The white-haired lady who pushes me my grande Americano each morning doesnt know a U groove from a U turn, but she couldnt resists asking the $1 million question this week: When is Tiger coming back?

The answer, of course, is when hes ready. But that doesnt mean we cant attempt to make two plus two equal four. Woods path back, after all, is littered with clues.

He is out of rehabilitation, tirelessly plowing through range pellets at Isleworth and, according to Charles Howell III, making it look as easy as ever. Per his MO, Woods prepares for the majors with swing coach Hank Haney at home, plays a Tour event to get in the desired reps and ultimately fine tunes back at home for a week before hitting the major trail.

Check the timing, he has about two weeks before his title defense at Bay Hill followed by a traditional off week (Shell Houston Open) and the Masters.

A Bay Hill return would be great for the game, but even better for Woods because it means he has successfully navigated the difficult path from therapy to real life, a place where actions, not words, count.

Of course, Ive been wrong in the past.

Oh, Canada . . . and Mahan. At about the same time Hunter Mahan was putting the finishing touches on his second Tour title at TPC Scottsdale, Team H was torn between the desert and the ice.

Swing coach Sean Foley and physical trainer Craig Davies are Canadian like potent beer and socialized medicine, so Sunday was a big day on two fronts as Mahan prevailed in Scottsdale and the Canadian mens hockey team outdueled the United States in golden overtime.

It was close, said Davies, who missed both Sunday bouts on a flight home to Orlando, Fla. But impact-wises, the gold medal was huge. Canada could have set medal records and it wouldnt have mattered if we would have lost the gold medal game in hockey.

Foley, part swing coach, part philosopher, was slightly less patriotic when asked which victory was more meaningful?

Hunters win was bigger, Foley said. That Canadian Olympic team should be winning at hockey.

Made Cut-Did Not Finish (MDF)

Oh, Rickie. Baseball wonks call it pitching to contact, code for a pitcher who is confident in his own stuff as well as the abilities of his defense. On Sunday at TPC Scottsdale we watched one of the games brightest rising stars avoid contact like a three-10 split.

Whatever Rickie Fowlers reasoning for laying up on the par-5 15th hole during the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and you have to give him credit for having a plan and staying with that blueprint, the episode turned a potentially defining moment into a chorus of double-takes.

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee said it best, He denied us the moment. Fowler owes us nothing of course, but one cant help but think he shortchanged all that talent.

Orient Express. The Tour added to its burgeoning Asian portfolio last week, announcing the addition of the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic to the Fall Series.

The event will be played Oct. 28-31 in Malaysia, a week before the WGC-HSBC Champions in China, and will extend the circuits reach into a growing market. All of which is great stuff, grow the game, get on a plane, but the truth and the timing of all this will result in a field something south of the Isleworth member-member.

Tweet of the week. @ianjamespoulter To address the 16th (hole at TPC Scottsdale), great hole, great atmosphere, but I was getting something off of my face. Will I play next year? Hell (sic) yes loved it.

Criticize Poulter all you want for his inappropriate actions, but its safe to say none of the thousands crowded around the zoo-like 16th were offended.

Missed Cut

John Daly. No, not for the litany of reasons that made this weeks unearthing of Long Johns 456-page personnel file a must-read. Weve covered that ground.

JD lands in the Cut Line dog house because he took the golf writer who unearthed his sordid past to task, going so far as to call him a jerk and a non-journalist and posting the scribes cell phone number on his Twitter account and encouraging his fans to harass the writer.

Alcoholism we can forgive. Shameless self-promotion can be dismissed. But childishness doesnt wash off.

Steve Williams. On the same week we learned Woods was out of rehab and back searching for answers in the Isleworth dirt, the world No. 1s looper took what seems to be a few ill-advised hacks at his boss.

Of course Im mad at him, why would you not be? Williams told New Zealands 60 Minutes. Im close with his wife and hes got two lovely children and hes let them down. When a guys having a tough time, its not up to me to beat him with a stick right now. Hes getting enough grilling from everybody else.

Williams is a good caddie. Maybe the best of his generation, but with his man on the ropes and more scrutiny to come the Kiwi seems to need a refresher course in the caddie credo: show up, shut up and keep up.

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Landing an Exemption

It was a three-page, handwritten letter that did it for Tim Herron. Not a playing career that spans two decades or four PGA Tour titles or one of the most endearing nicknames in the game.

For Manuel Villegas, brother of Tour star Camilo, it was a simple phone call that landed him one of the toughest tickets in sports. Whatever the tonic, one of the most unscientific and exhausting aspects of golf, at least for tournaments directors, almost always boils down to a personal touch.

John Daly called me in October and said, Im available for whatever you need me to do, Puerto Rico Open tournament director Sidney Wolf said.

Its little surprise that JD was granted a sponsor exemption into the Puerto Rico event. Hes a name player that puts butts in bleachers and has no problem showing a little appreciation, and this year more than any tournament directors want to feel it.

The art of doling out exemptions has always been an inexact science. As a general rule, former champions at a particular event get a close look Todd Hamiltons invite this week at the Honda Classic would qualify and down-on-their-luck former major champions are low-hanging fruit. Call it the John Daly exemption.

Its so hard this year because there are so many names that dont have priority, said Ken Kennerly, the executive director of the Honda Classic and a long-time player manager on Tour. Some of my own clients that dont have exemptions didnt get in. Its tough.

In many ways sponsor exemptions are occupational hazards for tournament directors, even more so than a bear economy or a tee sheet that is bear of the names Tiger or Phil, because its never easy to shoehorn the list of players who deserve an exemption into the narrow confines of the half-dozen available exemptions.

That truth is compounded this year because of all the established players without full status, including headliners David Duval, Rocco Mediate, Chris DiMarco and Hamilton.

For this years Puerto Rico Open, which will be played opposite next weeks WGC-CA Championship, Wolf said he received over 40 letters, e-mails or phone calls looking for a spot in his field. Thats more than double what he normally gets.

We never got anything like that before, Wolf said. Next year the most creative request will get an exemption. Well have a contest.

In many ways the art of landing a sponsor exemption has already become a contest.

One player produced a 5-minute video for a spot in the Quail Hollow Championship a few years ago explaining how he would take the time to teach the other competitors the proper way to be southern, like how to wear a camouflaged hat or eat BBQ, while others offer to hold clinics and entertain sponsors.

Kennerly, uniquely positioned to see the issue from both sides, said he has stressed to his clients for years the need to engage tournament directors. I spoke to the Q-School and Nationwide (Tour) class, and said, Guys, just take the time to reach out to these tournaments.

Its a lesson, however, that some young players are having a hard time learning. Wolf recalls a player who sent a form letter asking for an exemption last year and he called the players manager and told him his man needed to do better.

The player called me, which was great. But then this year I get another form letter from the kid, Wolf sighs.

Gerald Goodman, the tournament director for the Transitions Championship which will be played later this month near Tampa, Fla., said he received over 100 requests this year, and points out that the exemptions hes already given out Duval, Mediate, DiMarco and Daly all sent hand-written letters and followed up with a phone call.

Of course, personal communication goes both ways. For every one exemption a tournament doles out a tournament director has to tell a dozen or so other players that theyre out. Never an easy Dr. John moment.

Its extremely hard to call a player and tell them there is no spot for them, Goodman said. I try to go down the method of why we made the decision. I face the music. I man up and I think they appreciate that. They just want to be talked to.

Every job has a cringe moment, and sponsor exemptions are a tournament directors cold chill, so much so one director once mused, Id give up all my exemptions for one right of refusal. Him? Oh no, he cant play here.

No such luck, but maybe if he wrote a hand-written letter to commissioner Tim Finchem the Tour would consider it.

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Golden Moments with the Bear

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. We all marvel at the extraordinary achievements of great golfers like Jack Nicklaus. I could watch the 86 Masters every day and never get bored.

But I also love the ordinary moments that remind us that the immortals are just men, and as reporters were privileged to catch those rare glimpses that allow us to see that.

I walked into the locker room at PGA National at 6 p.m. Wednesday night. Jack was lying on his back on the carpeted floor with his feet on a bench, rolling from left to right, right to left, letting out a slight groan as he worked out the kinks in his back. His eyes were closed.

After a few minutes he got up and squatted with his back pressed straight against a wooden locker.

Saw you finished birdie, birdie, I said.

Yeah, how bout that? he said with a chuckle. Jacks a very agreeable legend, easy to be around at 70. He makes you feel like a son whos come home to visit.

Hed just come off the course he designed after a pro-am round with Drew Brees, Dan Marino and Kenny G. A lot of records set and sold in that foursome.

Jack fully expects his to be under assault in the next month. Id be surprised greatly if Tiger didnt play the Masters, he said. Because hes a golfer, and a darned good one.

While one theory says that Tiger needs to demonstrate that his marriage is more important than a major by skipping the Masters, another says that when an accountant or nurse or lawyer comes out of rehab they make their amends and go back to work. So why should Tiger be any different?

His personal life is his personal life, Jack said. Hell figure out his own problems. And as a golfer hell come back and get his game in shape and play. Thats what he does.

Jack also believes that Tiger will need a tune up before the Masters.

While we talked, the television mounted just above where Jack was standing was tuned to ESPN. The anchors were talking about Tiger. Jacks never seemed to mind the specter of Tiger looming over his shoulder.

Jack has often said that Tigers chase for 18 has been great for him because its kept his name alive for 15 years. Every time Tiger tees it up at a major we talk about his quest for Jacks record.

I wonder if fans want Tiger to break it, or do they hope the record stays in Jacks hands?

At this point, Paul Goydos popped in.

Ill never be as good as you are now, said Goydos to Jack, and they laughed.

The subject turned to Tom Watson.

I thought it was condescending to say that Watson winning the Open at Turnberry would have been the greatest upset in history, Goydos said. Me winning the Open wouldve been the greatest upset.

My point is that Watsons still so good that if he grinded out 25 events on the regular Tour I think he could win.

Said Nicklaus: Theres no question hes good enough to win.

After Goydos left, Jack and I talked football. His grandson Nick is a 64 high school junior being recruited by nearly every major power including USC.

I havent missed any games, Jack said.

I was then curious about the times before the 1986 Masters when he felt the love of the crowd most intensely.

The 1972 British Open was unbelievable, he said, his face lighting up at the thought. Id won the first two majors of the year and was making a big charge on the final day at Muirfield.

I shot 30 on the front nine, made par at 10 and then stiffed my second shot at 11. As were walking up to green at 11 theyre absolutely going wild. I had tears running down my face. My caddie turned to me and said, hey man you got some holes to play.

Jack lost to Trevino by a shot.

Hes not lost his touch with the press. Just after his round and before coming to the locker room he also held court. It was a Hall of Fame interview, remarked colleague Craig Dolch. Jack understands that you have to give a little. He always has.

Will Tiger come to understand that? Will he feel what Jack felt at Muirfield in 72? Will he be an honorary starter at the Masters years from now?

Jack will be at Augusta in that role for the first time this April, alongside his old friend and rival, Arnold Palmer. Ill have dinner, play nine holes at the par 3 and then hit a tee shot, he said with a smile.

And hell make that day a better one for those who love the game, just as he did a wind-swept Wednesday in South Florida.

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HOG to cover PGA Tour at the Puerto Rico Open

Im happy to announce Ive been confirmed to attend and cover the PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open. Ill be down at the Trump International Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico next weekend.

Being that I consider myself a blogger and not a journalist, Im going to try and cover this in a way other than how the regular, stuffy and predictable golf media would. Anyone can tell you who birdied #15, and I probably will do some of that. But I want to find some angles which normal press simply doesnt cover. Feel free to comment here if theres something youd like to see or hear about.

Stay tuned. Im very excited for this opportunity. Im going to try and get a round of golf in at one of the Trump courses there too, obviously for the pleasure of playing but for more content as well.

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AP Source: Woods back from therapy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Tiger Woods is closer to competing again.

Woods is back home after a week of family counseling in Arizona and is trying to get back into a routine that includes fitness and his first significant practice in 15 weeks, a person with knowledge of his schedule said Tuesday.

Woods returned to his home near Orlando on Saturday and has been hitting balls on the range at Isleworth, not far from where he ran his SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree in a middle-of-the-night accident on Nov. 27 that set off shocking revelations of infidelity.

The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because only Woods is authorized to release such information, said golfs No. 1 player still has not decided when he will return to competition.

Woods was photographed hitting balls at Isleworth on Feb. 18, the day before he ended nearly three months of silence by speaking to a small group of associates at the TPC Sawgrass in a 13 1/2 -minute statement that was televised around the world. Those photos of Woods were arranged to counter the paparazzi trying to follow his every move since Thanksgiving.

Woods has not practiced in earnest since winning the Australian Masters in Melbourne on Nov. 15 for his 82nd victory worldwide.

I do plan to return to golf one day, I just dont know when that day will be, Woods said in his statement at Sawgrass. I dont rule out that it will be this year.

Woods said he had attended inpatient therapy for the issues Im facing for 45 days, from the end of December to early February. He said he was leaving the next day for more therapy, without saying what kind. The person who spoke to The Associated Press said he went to Arizona for a week of family and marriage counseling with his wife, Elin.

Woods said at Sawgrass of his infidelity, As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words; it will come from my behavior over time. We have a lot to discuss; however, what we say to each other will remain between the two of us.

News of him getting back into a routine is sure to begin speculation when he might return to the PGA Tour. Woods announced on Dec. 4 that he was taking an indefinite break to try to salvage his marriage.

To date, he has missed only two tournaments he typically would have played Torrey Pines and the Match Play Championship although he had been leaning toward playing Pebble Beach this year because it will host the U.S. Open in June.

Woods is not likely to play next week in the World Golf Championship at Doral, where he has won three times.

His next possibility on the PGA Tour is the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, where he is the defending champion and a six-time winner. The Masters, which Woods has played every year since 1995, would follow. Augusta National officials have not indicated whether they expect Woods to compete.

When he does come back, I hope its in the Masters, and I hope hes in great form, Masters champion Angel Cabrera said Tuesday on a conference call.

The fallout from Woods sex scandal has been immense. He already has had three sponsors drop him Accenture, AT&T and, most recently, Gatorade while other companies like Gillette have suspended promotions of Woods while he takes his break from golf.

When he does return, he will have a different logo on his golf bag, replacing AT&T, if he can find a deal.

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