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Tiger Woods first tried the shot in competition during the third round at the Memorial, choking up on the grip of his driver about 2 inches, and he pulled it off to perfection. He used it again on the eighth hole Thursday in the first round of the AT&T National. It soon might become a regular part of his repertoire, much like the "stinger" he made popular with a 2-iron and later a 3-wood. Woods said he began working on the shot a few months ago, and the idea is to give him a range that is a little less than a full driver, and a little more than a full 3-wood. The eighth hole played 341 yards on Thursday, a slightly elevated green that makes it nearly impossible to drive, but Woods wanted to take the bunkers out of play.

Associated Press

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Is a visit by Tiger Woods to Turning Stone Resort in the near future? We should find out Monday. PGA Tour player Notah Begay III is gearing up to bring his charity skins game back to Turning Stone's acclaimed Atunyote course for a second straight year on Aug. 24. A Twitter entry on his Web site states that "huge news" about the event will be announced early next week. In addition, Turning Stone placed a full-page ad in The Post-Standard on Thursday promoting a contest to guess which star is coming next to the resort. The catch phrase of the contest -- which also can be found on the resort's Web site -- is "make your selection before we let the cat ... out of the bag!"

Syracuse.com

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Vijay Singh has been spotted at this week's AT&T National without the logos of Stanford Financial, according to CNBC's Darren Rovell. Singh had been wearing the logos on his shirt and visor as recently as last week at the Travelers Championship despite the accusations that Allen Stanford ran an $8 billion ponzi scheme. Stanford has pleaded not guilty to a 21-count indictment. Last week, Singh made headlines when he offered to help pay Stanford's bond, but federal rules would not allow it since Singh is not a U.S. citizen.

golf.com

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"We live in the era of Tiger Woods, who makes winning look ridiculously easy," Paul Goydos said. "The more I think about it, the more I feel Tiger Woods is the most underrated player on this tour. You guys have no concept of what he accomplishes on a weekly basis when he plays. It's ridiculous how good he plays."

Boston Globe

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An interesting bit of intrigue emerged at noon today from Washington, D.C., where people who craft policy are often accused of doing very little of substance. Presented with the option of voting on whether to push back a controversial new equipment revision set to take place on Jan. 1, the PGA Tour Policy Board instead elected to do nothing. And by that, I mean they didn't even vote on the issue. As such, the decision on whether to proceed with the implementation of a new rule requiring new grooves that impart less spin on the ball was left to Commissioner Tim Finchem, who elected not to postpone the deadline. Finchem said "a couple" of equipment companies had asked for the rule change to be postponed. One is known to be Titleist.

CBSSports.com

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