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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Tiger Woods did not finish the Hero World Challenge as he would have wanted, shooting a final-round 76 that included a double-bogey at the 18th hole.But those details will be lost amid a bigger picture that saw the 14-time major champion complete 72 holes in a golf tournament for the first time since August 2015 due to multiple back surgeries.Woods finished 15th in the 17-player field, and his final-round 76 was the highest score of any player during the week, but he more than held his own when many wondered if he might embarrass himself. Woods made 24 birdies for the week -- more than any player in the field other than winner Hideki Matsuyama.It feels good to be back out here playing again, competing and trying to beat the best players in the world, Woods said. I missed it. I love it. Ive been doing it for a very long time, and this stretch where Ive been off for almost a year and a half has been rough, and the last few years have been rough. Ive had some very, very difficult times and have some great friends that have helped me over the times to get me to this point, and Im just so thankful to be back here playing again.Woods made three double-bogeys Sunday, derailing any chance to move into a higher position. Two of them came on par-5s, and he had three other bogeys on those scoring holes. Matsuyama, in contrast, shot 2 under on those holes. That 9-shot swing is one area Woods will need to correct going forward.?Its kind of new to me again, said Woods, 40, who has won 79 PGA Tour titles -- the last coming in 2013. The feel of playing, the feel of adrenaline in my system, hitting shots. This wind is not forgiving, you miss the ball, and youre in a bush somewhere. Its tough. But I felt like I did some really positive things. Im pleased about that, and I just need to clean it up.For the week, Woods made 24 birdies, 8 bogeys and 6 double-bogeys. He finished 14 strokes behind Matsuyama, the Japanese star who has now won four of his past five starts worldwide, including two in Japan. The non-win was a second-place finish.Thats the kind of golf Woods used to play. He described what Matsuyama is doing as daunting and hes one of the players that were going to have to beat for a long time.Woods caddie, Joe LaCava, was far from concerned about Woods beating anyone this week. Having sat out for over a year, too -- and having caddied for another player with a back problem, Fred Couples, for years -- LaCava was looking for more modest success.I thought it was good, LaCava said. Hes upright, No. 1. You laugh, but thats good. I love the fact he was hitting a lot of shots that he was picturing in his mind, like right-to-left wind and hitting a little hold-up cut shot with mid-irons and hitting the little low, semi-stinger with the longer irons. And when we were downwind, getting the ball up in the air and bombing it.There were plenty of good shots, plenty of good things to take away from here. I think hes on his way.Woods said he will take the next two weeks off at home to rest, recover and work on getting his weight up after a recent illness. Then it will be back to work, testing clubs and trying again to get his game in shape while also settling on a schedule for the early part of 2017.Ill consider a lot of things, but I would like in my heart of hearts to play a full schedule next year, he said. I really want to play. And one of my goals is I told our captain [Steve Stricker] I want to be more than an assistant [for the Presidents Cup]. I hope for the next year I can start playing more events.The good thing is that because I have been away for so long, everything I do here, I just keep accruing points. Nothings falling off. So if I play halfway decent, Ill keep climbing quickly, and if I happen to have a couple wins in there, Ill jump up really fast.Woods, who began the week 898th in the world, is projected to earn enough world ranking points from this tournament to move to around 650th. Swell Black Bottle . Pert has formerly spent time as an assistant coach with Cardiff City, Coventry City, and Bahrain mens national team. "Martyn is a highly-respected coach with experience at the top levels in England," said Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson. Swell Water Bottle Sale . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. http://www.swellbottlesclearance.com/swell-bottle-resort-collection.html . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. SWell Bottle Clearance . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. Starbucks Swell Bottles Liberty . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Newcomers dont take long to impact college basketball -- not in this world of one-and-dones and transfers. Over the next two weeks, we will look at the top five newcomers in each of the 10 biggest conferences. Next up is the Big 12.A year ago, the national college basketball landscape was dominated by seniors -- and nowhere more so than in the Big 12.Buddy Hield, Isaiah Cousins and Ryan Spangler started approximately a gazillion games together, then led Oklahoma all the way to the Final Four. At Kansas, Perry Ellis closed out his quietly spectacular four-year career. In Ames, Iowa, Cyclones fans waved farewell to Georges Niang and the winningest senior class in school history. With the departures of Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers at Baylor, Jaysean Paige and Jonathan Holton at West Virginia, (nearly) everyone at Texas -- if ever there was a league that collectively needed a few impact newcomers, its the Big 12 in 2016-17.Fortunately, help is on the way. (For Kansas and Texas, anyway.)Josh Jackson, Kansas Jayhawks Last week, ESPN draftnik Chad Ford released his first 2017 Big Board, and if you thought Duke freshman Harry Giles -- the No. 1 player in the class of 2016, and one of the main reasons Duke is a lock to begin 2016-17 ranked No. 1 -- would be Fords top-ranked player, well, you (OK, we) thought wrong. This may change in the months to come; NBA scouts seem to be withholding the No. 1 spot from Giles until he proves that two torn ACLs in four years havent hampered his long-term potential. But they also might just like Jackson better. One scout referred to him as a higher energy Andrew Wiggins, while another went with a more offensively polished Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Ford wrote.Its super-high praise. Perhaps Jackson will live up to it, perhaps not, but in the meantime, heres a safe rule of thumb: No matter what your NBA future holds, if youre being referred to in the same breath as Wiggins and Kidd-Gilchrist -- or if youre in a tight perceptual heat as the best player in a high school class as good as 2016s -- youre probably going to be a pretty awesome college basketball player. Call it a hunch.Jarrett?Allen, Texas Longhorns Shaka Smarts first year at Texas presented a tricky test: How would the coach, so famous for a very specific fast-paced pressing style at VCU, adapt to the much bigger, more plodding roster bequeathed to him by Rick Barnes?Smart passed that test with relative ease. Now comes another. The vast majority of Texas 2015-16 starts and minutes went to players who are no longer there. Most of them (Javan Felix, Prince Ibeh, Connor Lammert, Demarcus Holland, Cameron Ridley) were seniors. The Longhorns best player, Isaiah Thomas, was a junior, but he jumped to the NBA draft. Those losses could have left UT in a daunting position, and in some ways they have. Mostly, though, its just exciting.The main reason for the positive outlook comes by way of Jarrett Allen, ESPN Recruiting Nations No. 1 center in the class of 2016. The hometown Austin, Texas, kid is 6-foot-11, runs the floor at pace, and can score with his back to the rim or facing up away from it. At the absolute worst, Allen will be an athletic rim-protector on Texas back line, allowing Smarts guards to pressure in the half court with relative impunity. At best, hell be much, much more.Andrew Jones, Texas Longhorns Despite his programs turnover, Smart has no shortage of athletic wings at his disposal next season. (Not least of which Kerwin Roach, who might be the mostt athletic dude in the country.dddddddddddd) And even so, Andrew Jones could demand significant time -- and maybe even a spot in the starting lineup -- if his current developmental trajectory holds firm.Jones began his prep career as a 5-foot-8 freshman, and flew well below the scouting radar in the years that followed. Then last summer, Jones catapulted himself into the recruiting elite; soon enough, the Irving, Texas, native was fielding offers from Arizona, Louisville, Baylor, Oklahoma State, SMU, Texas A&M, Virginia and (naturally) Texas. By his senior season, he was putting up 30 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists per game -- not far off Lonzo Balls famed triple-double high school average -- as scouts struggled to find a serious weakness of any kind in his game.Perhaps the challenges Jones faced as a boy -- when his father was paralyzed in a car accident -- make him work harder. Maybe, as Daniel Plainview might say, theres a whole ocean of talent under his feet, and hes just now realizing it. Either way, its hard not to have a good feeling about Jones.Jaylen Fisher, TCU Horned Frogs The No. 33-ranked player in the class of 2016 is the first truly crucial player of the Jamie Dixon TCU era. Both Fisher and Dixon are joining a team that went 12-21 last season and a program with a meager history of basketball success, not least of which since it joined the modern Big 12 in 2012-13.What makes Fisher especially important is that -- unlike the player ranked just below him on this list -- he is essentially guaranteed to be thrust into crucial minutes from the very first game of his career. And why not? Fisher is a gifted young point guard with a renowned feel for the game; hes an excellent ball handler, passer and attacking scorer. Theres no reason not to give him the ball from day one, to throw him into the fire, to allow him to figure it out. Whatever struggles arise from that strategic calculation are merely part of the rebuilding process, and likely to pay dividends down the line. There are worse freshmen to build around.Udoka Azubuike, Kansas Jayhawks As noted above, Azubuike almost certainly has a higher long-term upside than Fisher. The problem, at least for 2016-17, is opportunity.Heres the thing: Bill Selfs roster is loaded. The dual-point-guard setup of Frank Mason and Devonte Graham in the backcourt, which proved so effective last season, remains gloriously intact. Josh Jackson will step in to Wayne Seldens spot on the wing with aplomb; 6-foot-8 longtime NBA fascination Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (now a 19-year-old junior!) will take over Brannen Greenes sporadic (but effective) role as a floor-stretching perimeter threat. Up front, Self expects much of sophomore power forward Carlton Bragg, whose main problems as a freshman were (A) defense and (B) not being Perry Ellis. And senior Landen Lucas is the stalwart around which Self teams have always been built.Azubuike may get minutes off the bench, but its hard to envision him cracking that lineup all that often. Whats more, the coach of the past 12 Big 12 regular-season champs has absolutely zero tolerance for guys whose defensive missteps may or may not outweigh their offensive contributions (see Bragg and/or Cliff Alexander).Azubuikes sheer force makes him one to watch, but whether he emerges as a freshman or needs more time, the Jayhawks will be just fine. ' ' '