Tiger Woods' latest update is both promising and worrisome

It has been nearly six months since Tiger Woods underwent his fourth back surgery and his latest update is both promising and worrisome at the same time. According to Woods, he is chipping and putting everyday, but he is still not taking full swings and he still can't hit the ball farther than 60 yards. "I’m starting to hit the ball a little further – 60-yard shots," Woods wrote.

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  What fires up Tiger Woods these days? He explains in a downright chatty blog post

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  Tiger Woods updates progress, revealing he's back to working out full-time

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Casey in FedExCup hunt with newborn baby at home

ATLANTA – It’s no surprise that Paul Casey is in the hunt at East Lake. In three starts at the Tour Championship he’s never finished worse than fifth. But given how eventful his last two weeks have been, his rounds of 66-67 for a share of the lead with Justin Thomas and Webb Simpson are even more impressive. Before leaving his home in Arizona to play the second playoff stop, Casey’s wife, Pollyanna, gave birth to the couple’s second child, a girl named Astaria, on Sept. 11. After finishing tied for 33rd last week at the BMW Championship, Casey traveled to Atlanta for the finale and admitted on Friday he can’t wait to get home. “It's pretty good. It would be nicer if I was at home with my daughter

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  Golf-Thomas jumps into three-way tie for lead at Tour Championship

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  PGA Tour Championship: Kyle Stanley grabs lead at East Lake, Jordan Spieth starts well

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Rose rebounds from injury with Friday 66

ATLANTA – Justin Rose awoke Wednesday morning with an aching left shoulder and figured he must have slept on it wrong. When he woke on Thursday for Round 1 at the Tour Championship his level of concern elevated dramatically. “For some reason it got really bad overnight Wednesday and woke up just really struggling Thursday morning,” said Rose, who opened with a 2-under 68. “My whole team worked really hard around me to rally, just kind of sucked it up yesterday and got through the day, weathered the storm.” Rose, who primarily teed off with his 3-wood on Thursday to limit the strain on his shoulder, said he felt better on Friday for the second round and his score reflected that improvement. The