Golf
Tiger Woods was spotted with his former wife, Elin Nordegren, Saturday at a children's sporting event in Florida.
Golfer Daniela Holmqvist dug spider venom out of her leg with a golf tee. Let that sink in for a moment. Holmqvist used the most frequently broken piece of golf equipment to remove poison from a black widow spider bite on her ankle after chasing the spider away with her club. After falling over in pain, Holmqvist got back up and finished her round on Tuesday, ending the day with a 74 and a story to tell the whole world.
Tiger Woods committed to three more tournaments this season on Tuesday. He said via his personal website that he will compete in the Match Play Championship next week in Arizona, the Honda Classic in Florida and the Cadillac Championship at Doral in consecutive weeks. We have more information on him, Rory McIlroy and the commercial they did together here.
Lydia Ko is the youngest golfer-- male or female-- to win a professional event. The 15-year-old Ko is one of many athletes to achieve early-career success. She has good company in some of the others who have won tournaments as amateurs or youthful pros in the past. We look back at some of the shining moments of young stars, some of whom have had hall-of-fame careers like Tiger Woods and Maria Sharapova.
Considered an exceptional golfer, Condoleezza Rice had a rather messy hiccup Thursday at Pebble Beach during the first day of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The former U.S. Secretary of State accidentally hit a fan who was standing on the sidelines with a golf ball and gave the woman a bloody nose, the New York Times reports.
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps may be taking up another profession. The retired swimmer signed a deal with PING on Wednesday. Phelps was outfitted with customized clubs before the Pro-Am contest at Scottsdale TPC just before the Waste Management Phoenix Open there this weekend. Phelps will also appear on a reality show on the Golf Channel for his efforts, and said he would love to compete in the Olympics for golf someday.
One of golf's top stars joins the growing list of athletes that have been linked to deer antler spray, with Vijay Singh admitting Wednesday that he "unintentionally" took the banned substance.
By the end of the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open, people may say the only thing that stopped Tiger Woods was the fog. Woods is six shots ahead of the field with 11 holes to go on Monday at Torrey Pines. The live stream, tee times and leader board are all included in this story.
