AKRON, Ohio -- Tiger Woods was on the practice range just as the sun began to rise Tuesday over Firestone, his first time on a PGA Tour golf course in nearly three months. Nike Air Max 90 Dame Tilbud . Even as the season heads toward a conclusion, Woods cant wait to get started. "Im excited to compete, to play," Woods said. "And hopefully, to win the tournament." That part about Woods hasnt changed. Its everything else in the world of golf he once ruled that is so much different. Woods showed up at the Bridgestone Invitational at No. 28, his lowest world ranking since the start of his first full season on the PGA Tour. He has a new caddie -- at least temporarily -- in Bryon Bell, a childhood friend who now heads up a design business that is not getting much work these days with a downturn in the industry. He no longer is the dominant force in golf, having gone 20 months since his last win at the Australian Masters. For Woods, however, the biggest change is how he feels about his health. "The great thing is I dont feel a thing," Woods said. "It feels solid. It feels stable. No pain. Thats one of the reasons why I took as long as I did to come back, is that I want to get to this point where I can go ahead and start playing golf again like this. Its been a very long time, and it feels good to go out there today and hit balls like this, go practice and feel nothing and walk around and pretty much do anything I want on the golf course." Asked how long it has been since he felt so good physically, Woods replied, "Years." It almost seems that long ago since he was last in action. Woods, who was No. 1 in the world at the Bridgestone Invitational a year ago, has not played since he walked off the course after nine holes May 12 at The Players Championship with recurring injuries to his left knee and Achilles tendon. He said he injured them during the third round of the Masters while hitting a shot an awkward stance in the pine straw on the 17th hole. Woods said if he had sat out the rest of May, he would have been fine the rest of the year, a lesson he learned this time around. Woods wasnt about to return until he was 100 per cent healthy, and he is convinced of that now. He said he started hitting balls a couple of weeks ago, without giving an exact date, and that he got the itch to start playing soon after. Woods said he thought about playing The Greenbrier Classic last week, but decided to wait a little more. What gets him excited? "Trying to beat these boys," Woods said. "Thats fun. Getting out there and trying to win golf tournaments, being there with a chance to win, whether you win or fail. Just being there is just a rush, and its just so much fun. Trying to pull off the shots that youve done in practice when it matters the most, see what youve got. Thats fun." In the three months since he was gone, Rory McIlroy shattered his U.S. Open scoring record to par, and good friend Darren Clarke finally won a major at the British Open at age 42. Steve Stricker has won twice to become the highest-ranked American. Clarke, friends with Woods since his final major as an amateur in 1996, will be paired with him the first two rounds. "Tiger has been the best player in the world for a very long time," Clarke said. "He has been the guy over my career that has set the benchmark for all the rest of us, and personally hes a good friend of mine. It is fantastic, I think, not just for you guys but for all of world golf just to see Tiger Woods back playing again. Im sure he will be trying to get himself back up to where he has been before, and personally I dont doubt hell do that. "But for us to have a chance to compete against him again can only be good for the game in general." Woods still managed to make news while not playing when he fired his caddie, Steve Williams, after a 12-year partnership during which he won 13 majors. For all the talk about disloyalty -- Williams caddied for Adam Scott at the U.S. Open, then again at the AT&T National without seeking permission -- Woods said only that it was "time for a change." "I felt that Stevie and I have had just an amazing run," he said. "Steve is a hell of a caddie, theres no denying that. Hes helped my career, and I think Ive helped his, as well. Weve had a great partnership for 12 years, maybe a little bit more than that, won a bunch of tournaments. I just felt it was time to change things up a little bit. I felt very comfortable with the move." He did not bite when asked about Williams comments to a New Zealand television station that he had wasted the last two years of his life. "Thats what he says and what he feels," Woods said. In his place is Bell, who last caddied for Woods at the 2005 Disney Classic, and previously worked for Woods when he won the 1996 U.S. Amateur and the 1999 Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. Woods said Bell is only a fill-in -- "Have you seen his legs?" he said -- and there no timetable for getting a permanent replacement. The only sense of urgency for Woods is his results. Because he has missed so much golf -- and didnt play all that great early in the year -- he has plunged to No. 135 in the FedEx Cup standings. He needs to crack the top 125 after this World Golf Championship and the PGA Championship to qualify for the playoffs. He could take care of that with a top 10 finish at Firestone, where only once in his career -- last year -- has he finished lower than fifth. "I really hope that he will play well," said PGA champion Martin Kaymer, who played with Woods at TPC Sawgrass, at least for nine holes. "We need him. We really need him. Hes the best player who ever played that game, and obviously hes struggling a little bit at the moment, but I just hope that he can go back to basics and show us how great of a golf player he is." Whatever rust Woods has wont be known until Thursday, when his shots count. He played nine holes Tuesday, often hitting more than one shot when he wasnt pleased with where it was going. But it was only practice. Woods wont get a good sense of where his game is until the first round Thursday. "Im just focused on trying to win a golf tournament," he said. "Thats it." Nike Free 3.0 v4 Dame .J. -- Rex Ryan is sticking with Geno Smith. Nike Free Run 2 Dame Tilbud .2 billion budget for a new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board of governors on Tuesday unanimously approved the complete schematic design and the budget, which is up $200 million from the previous estimate. http://www.norgeskobutikk.net/new-balance-574/new-balance-574-dame.html . Tanakas fly to the warning track in left allowed Nobuhiro Matsuda to score from third. Toshiya Suguichi retired Taiwan in the bottom of the 10th to clinch the win. "There is nothing better than coming through for your teammates and fans when you get a chance like that," Tanaka said.BOSTON -- Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green will have surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm and will miss the entire season, the team announced on Saturday as it travelled to Toronto for its exhibition opener against the Raptors. Green is scheduled for an operation on Monday at the Cleveland Clinic. Doctors have told him the operation "should completely repair Greens condition and that he can expect to resume his NBA career next season," the Celtics said in a news release. If so, the timing of his training camp physical -- and the end of the NBA lockout -- may have saved Greens life and helped the Celtics avert a tragedy like the 1993 death of Reggie Lewis, who dropped dead on a practice court of a heart condition in the prime of his career. "While we are saddened that Jeff will not be able to play this season, the most important thing is his health," Celtics president Danny Ainge said in the release. "We were fortunate to have access to an amazing team of specialists to evaluate Jeffs case." The team said it would have no more comment, at Greens request. But Green said on Twitter on Saturday afternoon: "Thank u everyone for ur thoughts and prayers...much appreciated love u all..and Ill be back soon stronger and better than ever I promise." Green, 25, averaged 9.8 points and 3.3 rebounds last season after joining the Celtics in a trade that sent Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder. An aortic aneurysm, which is more common in older people, is a ballooning of the wall of the aorta, the major artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. A person may show no symptoms from the aneurysm; but if it ruptures, it is likely to be fatal if not repaired immediately. The teams statement said Greens aneurrysm was detected during his physical after he reported for a training camp on Dec. Nike Free 5.0 Dame Norge. 9. Green received additional testing and consultation by "leading cardiac specialists," who recommended surgery. Greens college coach at Georgetown, John Thompson III, said after the Hoyas 81-55 victory over American on Saturday that theyd spoken before the game. "Hes, I guess, as upbeat as anyone can be," Thompson said. "I dont want to speak for Jeff, but its been a trying week. Ive seen the progression from terrified to confident, and that comes with education. That comes with truly understanding what hes going through, and what he has to go through, and the confidence in his support system and the confidence in the doctors that hes going to be working with. And with each day, that has grown." NBA players, including Steve Nash and Baron Davis, sent along their best wishes on Twitter. In Miami, LeBron James seemed taken aback when asked about Green after practice. "I think its unfortunate for the game to be taken away, especially after a summer like this where we already had 2 1-2 months off," said James, who played in a few charity games with Green over the summer. "Hopefully he can get back healthy, they can figure out whats going on and he can get back on the floor." James also remembered Jason Colliers death in 2005, when the centre was with the Atlanta Hawks and died suddenly. "As a professional, you would think every last one of us would be in the top-tier shape and nothing would be wrong with us," James said. "Thats why the doctors, they are who they are." ------ AP Sports Writers Tim Reynolds in Miami and Howard Fendrich in Washington contributed to this story. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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