WASHINGTON -- Tiger Woods is not sure whether his ailing back will allow him to play in the Masters, which is two weeks away.
NFL Jerseys China . "For Augusta, its actually still a little too soon, to be honest with you," Woods said Monday at a news conference to announce that
Quicken Loans is the new title sponsor of his golf tournament. "Thats kind of
the frustrating thing about this." The Masters is the only major tournament the
38-year-old Woods has never missed. Four of his 14 major championships came at
Augusta National, including his first in 1997. He last won the green jacket in
2005. This years Masters is April 10-13. Woods is off to the worst start of his
18 years on tour, and hes been troubled lately by back problems. He stopped
playing in the final round at the Honda Classic on March 2 because of what he
called back spasms and pain in his lower back. He tried to defend his title the
following week at Doral, only for his back to flare up again in the final round,
when he shot a 78, the highest Sunday score of his PGA Tour career and his first
closing round without a birdie. Then last week, Woods withdrew from the Arnold
Palmer Invitational because of persistent back pain. "Ive had a couple weeks off
and getting treatment and just working on trying to get ready for Augusta,"
Woods said Monday. "As of right now, its still too soon, which is, as I said,
pretty frustrating." This has been the longest sustained problem Woods has had
with his lower back. He first showed signs of back pain at Bethpage Black at The
Barclays in 2012, which he attributed to a soft bed at his hotel. He felt
twinges during the final round of the PGA Championship last year, and when his
back bothered him in the final round of The Barclays two weeks later, he said it
was unrelated. At Mondays news conference, Woods discussed a deal through 2017
for his tournament to be called the Quicken Loans National. It will be played
June 26-29 at Congressional this year. AT&T was in the final year of its
contract as sponsor. The AT&T National began in 2007 with a military theme
built around the Fourth of July in the nations capital. It has been held at
Congressional for all but two years, in 2010 and 2011, as the course prepared to
host the U.S. Open. In those years, it was played at Aronimink outside
Philadelphia. Congressional is under contract through 2014, and Woods said there
will be a vote next week to determine whether the club would host every other
year in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
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Pacific Nations Cup clash against the United States.MADRID, Spain -- Top-ranked
Rafael Nadal is back in a clay court final at the Madrid Open, where Japans Kei
Nishikori denied an all-Spanish meeting by converting his 10th match point in a
grueling victory over David Ferrer on Saturday. Nadal, the defending champion,
reached his first clay final since winning in Rio de Janeiro in February with a
6-4, 6-4 win against countryman Roberto Bautista Agut. Ferrer saved nine match
points before Nishikori ultimately overcame his late nerves for a 7-6 (5), 5-7,
6-3 victory that propelled him into his first Masters series final. Earlier,
Maria Sharapova held her nerve to reach her second consecutive womens final,
where she will play Simona Halep of Romania. After Nishikori won the first set,
Ferrer delivered an ace to save his first match point in the 10th game, then
broke Nishikori on the fifth try one game later. Ferrer took it to a third set
after saving two break points. Despite needing treatment on his right thigh
before the start of the deciding set, Nishikoris powerful groundstrokes
overwhelmed Ferrer for a key break in the sixth game. There was a dramatic ninth
game that lasted nearly 20 minutees.
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ultimately hit long for the 12th-ranked Nishikori to earn his 14th straight win,
including a perfect 10-0 on clay this season. Bautista Agut, playing in his
first career Masters series semifinal, couldnt match the experience of Nadal,
who continues to improve after coming to the Magic Box centre having lost at
consecutive clay tournaments for the first time in a decade. Nadal took
advantage of Bautista Aguts timid start to break right away for a lead he would
never surrender. Nadals concentration dipped temporarily in the second set as
Bautista Agut clawed to within 4-3 before Nadal overcame his 21 errors by
pulling away to reach his 90th career final. "Psychologically speaking about
Monte Carlo and Barcelona, whenever I had nerves, I was not ready and I was a
little bit down," said Nadal, bidding to be the first repeat winner from his
sixth final appearance. "I am mentally more stable and more confident things
will go well. This is great news going into tomorrows match and for the future."
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