JUPITER, Fla. – Tiger Woods says he had a follow-up procedure on his back to relieve discomfort.

Charles Rich, the neurosurgeon who performed the procedure Wednesday in Utah, said on Woods’ website that he was doing well and a full recovery was expected. He did not say what the procedure involved.

Woods first had a microdiscectomy a week before the 2014 Masters that kept him out three months. He later said he returned too early. He had another microdiscectomy Sept. 16 that ended his year.

Woods said on his website that “it’s one of those things that had to be done.” There was no timetable on his return.

He canceled a press conference Wednesday for his Hero World Challenge, though he still plans to attend the Dec. 3-6 event in The Bahamas.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Former UCLA players Scott McCarron and Steve Pate shared the lead at 8-under 63 on Friday after the first round of the Champions Tour’s Toshiba Classic.

McCarron is making his eighth start on the tour after turning 50 in July. The three-time PGA Tour winner eagled the par-5 15th and had six birdies and an eagle at Newport Beach Country Club.

“It seems like every week I’ve had a low round,” McCarron said. “I’ve had some chances to win and I am playing with a lot of confidence.”

He missed six of seven cuts this season on the PGA Tour.

“The first part of the year stunk,” McCarron said. “I was on regular tour not making cuts. I got out here and it’s been wonderful.”

The 54-year-old Pate had an eagle and five birdies in his bogey-free round. He won six times on the PGA Tour.

“The way I’ve played this year I’m really happy it’s almost over,” Pate said. “I had shoulder surgery in November and wasn’t really healthy until June, but I didn’t have a choice.”

Billy Andrade and Rod Spittle were a stroke back in the final full-field event of the season. Defending champion Fred Couples was two shots behind at 65 along with Kevin Sutherland, Paul Goydos, Jay Don Blake, Olin Browne, Scott Dunlap and Peter Senior.

The top 30 on the money after the tournament will qualify for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona.

ANTALYA, Turkey – Jaco van Zyl held on to the lead at the Turkish Airlines Open by shooting a 3-under 69 in the second round Friday despite struggling on the back nine.

Van Zyl shot a 61 in the first round and stretched his lead to as many as seven shots during the second round with five birdies on his first 10 holes. But he then found the water twice for his first two bogeys of the week, letting English duo Richard Bland and Chris Wood close within two shots of his 14-under total of 130.

“Surprisingly enough I was not too anxious out there,” said Van Zyl, who is looking for his first European Tour victory. “I really enjoyed the moment, took every shot as it came and every opportunity when it was there.”

Rory McIlroy shot a second straight 67 to sit four shots back in a tie for sixth, one stroke behind Victor Dubuisson and Fabrizio Zanotti.

“They’re as stress-free two 67s as I have shot all year,” said McIlroy, who has yet to drop a shot in the tournament. “I definitely feel like there’s a lot more to come.”

Bland started with nine straight pars before making seven birdies after the turn for a 65, while Wood’s 66 included seven birdies and a bogey.

“I thought I was playing all right and just not doing anything,” Bland said. “I couldn’t really get it close to the flag and then the back nine just kind of clicked, I holed a few putts and back in 28. Strange game.”

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Justin Thomas had an eagle and nine birdies in shooting a course-record 61 at the CIMB Classic on Friday, taking the lead into the weekend at the PGA Tour’s event in Malaysia.

Thomas moved to 15-under 129 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club for a one-stroke lead on American compatriot Brendan Steele, who shot a 63 and matched Thomas by having an eagle at the par-5 3rd hole.

First-round leader Scott Piercy overcame two early bogeys to shoot a 69 and take a share of third place, two shots off the leader, along with Spencer Levin, who had a round of 64, and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who shot 66.

Former No.1 Adam Scott was at 10 under, and two-time defending champion Ryan Moore at 8 under.

 Canada’s David Hearn shot a 65 Friday to climb into a tie for 12th at 9-under.

HAINAN ISLAND, China – South Korea’s Sei Young Kim took advantage of Chinese teen Lin Xi-yu’s wind-blown collapse to take the lead Friday in the Blue Bay LPGA.

Kim made a 3-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th for an even-par 72 in difficult conditions along the South China Sea at Jian Lake Blue Bay.

The 22-year-old Kim had a 2-under 142 total. She won playoffs this year in the Bahamas and Hawaii in events also played in strong wind on tropical seaside layouts.

“I like the windy weather because I’m using a lot of skills and low cut shots,” Kim said.

The 19-year-old Lin opened with a 67 to take the first-round lead and was 7 under and five strokes ahead after five holes. With her family watching in the tour’s only event in China this year, she bogeyed eight of the last 13 holes for a 77 that left her two strokes behind.

She was one of many to struggle on a day when only five off the 78 players broke par and the scoring average soared to 75.464.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko was tied for 47th at 8 over after a 75. She opened with a 77, her highest score since a career-worst 80 in high wind last year at Royal Birkdale in the Women’s British Open.

Ko won the LPGA Taiwan by nine strokes Sunday to regain the No. 1 spot from Inbee Park. The 18-year-old New Zealander has a tour-high five victories, winning three of her last five starts.

The second-ranked Park withdrew because of pain in her left middle finger after a first-round 75. The South Korean player has four victories this year, winning two of the five majors.

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen had the best round of the day, a 3-under 69 to jump from a tie for 22nd to a tie for second at 1 under with Taiwan’s Candie Kung and Americans Ryann O’Toole and Austin Ernst.

Third-ranked Stacy Lewis of the United States had a 73 to join opening-round leader Xi Yu Lin of China, Canada’s Alena Sharp (70), Australia’s Minjee Lee (70) and Americans Kim Kaufman (72) and Jane Park (74) at even par.

China’s Shanshan Feng was 4 over after a 75. She has four career LPGA Tour victories.

Michelle Wie also was 4 over after a 72.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) announced it will be restructuring its age divisions effective January 1, 2016. After careful consideration and a thorough review of the changing junior golf landscape in Canada, the decision comes in an effort to align with the Long Term Player Development (LTPD) Guide developed by Golf Canada and PGA of Canada.

“As a stakeholder in the development of junior golf in Canada, we felt it was important to align ourselves closer with the LTPD Guide and Junior Competitive Pathway,” said John Lawrence, CJGA Managing Director of Tour Operations. “We believe this restructure will satisfy the current LTPD model and we will continue to integrate the information conveyed in the LTPD 2.0 into our programs.”

The restructuring of ages will take place nationally across both the CJGA Junior Tour and CJGA Linkster Tour. A player’s age will be determined as of August 1^st of the calendar year for all categories.

It is important to note that for the 2016 season only, the CJGA will permit players born in 1997 into the restructured age divisions. This will allow players born in 1997 to compete in the Junior (U19) division, regardless of when they turn 19 years old. For complete details including recommended yardages please visit the CJGA website here.

“The CJGA has been dedicated for the past 23 years to providing junior golfers in Canada with the necessary skills and knowledge to further their development and that is a primary focus we have moving forward” added Lawrence. “As a national association working with our national and provincial partners, rolling this out across our entire program and in every province is the only way to go.”

The national impact of the CJGA runs deep. All 20 members, representing five provinces, of the Golf Canada National and Development teams announced last week participated in CJGA events.

In 2008, the Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) Guide was developed through a partnership between Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada. Its purpose was to provide research, insight, and statistics into player development. After six years of observation, both organizations reintroduced the Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) Guide 2.0 earlier this year. For more information of the Long-Term Player Development Guide 2.0, please click here.

“We’ve worked closely with the CJGA for years and a lot of Canada’s top young players have honed their skills in their tournaments,” said Adam Helmer, Golf Canada’s Director of Rules, Competitions, and Amateur Status. “Aligning with developmental stages identified within LTPD, it will ultimately benefit our next generation of top Canadians as it enables them to compete in the applicable age group with players at the same development stage.”

The CJGA age division restructure will also improve communication at the provincial level. With provincial associations already operating under the current structure, this will standardize the leading junior golf association in the country with the provincial bodies. “The GAO has been working in conjunction with all junior tours that operate events in Ontario to bring about alignment in both age eligibility as well as age group categories for junior golf tournaments” says Mary Ann Hayward, Manager of Sport Performance for the Golf Association of Ontario. “Such alignment is essential to provide a clear competitive pathway for junior golfers. We applaud the CJGA for implementing these changes in their events across Canada.”

We lost Arv Olson Wednesday. I use the collective “we” because golf has lost him, hockey and rugby have lost him and all his friends and family have, too.

And we will really miss him.

When I think of my dear friend Arv Olson, the first thing that comes to mind is fun. We had so much fun in each other’s company. At least I did and he laughed a lot, so I’m assuming he was having a good time, too.

I always looked forward to the B.C. Amateur golf tournament because it meant I would be spending all day with Arv for five days in a row. For some reason, he always let me make our hotel reservations even though I more often than not picked a dump.

One place we stayed in Kelowna—I think that was at a Canadian Amateur—we were out at a pay telephone trying to send our stories back to our newspapers with only the overhead streetlights to help us see. I don’t recall why we couldn’t use the phones in our rooms, but it had something to do with the hotel’s system.

I know I picked a bad hotel in Nanaimo, too. And another in Cowichan. But I don’t think Arv ever complained. In fact, I don’t remember Arv ever complaining about anything. He left that vital human behavior to me.

Arv turned 80 on July 2. He is survived by his wife Alice and children Glen and Kathy. They lost their youngest daughter Karen while she was travelling in Europe in 1988. There are five grandchildren and three great grandchildren with another due in November.

Arv worked in the Vancouver Sun sports department for nearly 40 years. Sun contemporary Archie McDonald and Tom Tait were his best friends. They all grew up on the North Shore together. Besides golf, Arv covered the Canucks for several seasons and he loved rugby, but golf was his favourite. For instance, he named his dog, a yellow Lab, OB (for out of bounds).

And he knew everyone in the sport. Better yet, they knew and respected him and his fine work. It was my good fortune to tag along with him. He introduced me to everyone in golf and his love of the game rubbed off on me.

The Olson and McDonald families vacationed a lot together. One time Arv and Archie just about drowned when they took a canoe out on the lake by their cabin. Somehow they got all screwed up and Archie’s hat fell in the water and upon trying to retrieve it, the boat capsized and the pair of them were flailing away trying to get it righted.

At the time it was probably a harrowing experience but in the retelling it was hilarious.

Arv was the author of five books including two versions of Backspin (100 and 120 Years of Golf in British Columbia). It isn’t a stretch to describe it/them as a historical bible of the game in this province.

If he didn’t personally cover every one of Doug Roxburgh’s 13 B.C. amateur titles, he certainly made it to most of them. He went to several Masters in Augusta, Georgia. (The ones Dave Barr and Richard Zokol played). And got drawn to play on the Monday after one of them.

Those were good times. Not certain where fishing fit in the order of Arv’s sporting enjoyments, but water was never far away. The Olsons vacationed in Osoyoos for 15 years covering his birthday every year. They also liked Chimney Lake, near Williams Lake, where one spring Arv had to chip through the ice with a pick to get his line in the water.

When he retired from the Sun, they moved to Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island. Kathy had preceded them and Glen followed.

Surrounded by nearby family, it was a nice retirement, but Arv’s last 10 years have not been kind. Heart problems and diabetes were a crummy combination. His serious troubles began on the Saturday of the 2005 Canadian Open.

He came over to watch the tournament Mark Calcavecchia would win and I met him at the Richmond hotel designated for media parking. He was going to stay overnight at my place and head for the ferry on Sunday evening.

By the time we got home, Arv wasn’t feeling very good. He’d called Alice from Shaughnessy and she instructed him to have something to eat. We were going to have a nap before going out for dinner. He was feeling worse and called Alice again.

She said to get to emergency at Vancouver General.

He would recover from the ensuing heart surgery…I remember sitting with Alice when he awoke one afternoon in hospital. He told us about a funny dream he’d just had.

Of course, it would be funny…that was Arv.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Scott Piercy allied some crisp putting to solid tee-to-green play and shot a flawless 10-under 62 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the PGA Tour’s CIMB Classic.

The American made 10 birdies at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club to pull away from Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who had eight birdies and a bogey in his 65.

Piercy’s 10-under score matched the tournament record set by Nick Watney, who had a 61 at the par-71 Mines Resort and Golf Club in 2012.

Jason Gore was tied for third on 66 with American compatriots Keagan Bradley and Charles Howell III plus Germany’s Alex Cejka and Cameron Smith of Australia. Eight players shared eighth place on 67, including last year’s runner up Kevin Na.

Two-time defending champion Ryan Moore was again in contention, tied for seventh with seven others on five-under 67.

Adam Scott was tied for 16th on 68 in a group of 10 players including Padraig Harrington and Scott Brown, who made up for an earlier double bogey by sinking a hole-in-one on the par-3 15th and winning a BMW sports car as reward.

Piercy’s 10-under was his lowest round since a closing 61 at the Phoenix Open two years ago.

The Las Vegas native, who turns 37 next week, started brightly with birdies on the first three holes and also finished well with birdies on 17 and 18.

Piercy began the new PGA season with a tie for 25th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children, and blamed bad putting for disguising a game he otherwise felt “was in a good spot.”

“I made the putts I didn’t last week and got a little lucky as well,” Piercy said.

One of the “lucky” holes was the par-4 13th, where his approach shot dropped ten feet below the green, but he managed to chip in for birdie.

“It was good fortune, a good break and it was nice to see the ball go in,” said Piercy, who has three PGA Tour victories, including the Barbasol Championship in July and the 2012 RBC Canadian Open.

“I only missed three or four greens today so if you got 14 chances, you’re doing pretty good.”

Matsuyama said he aimed to get plenty of rest ahead of another round Friday in the draining tropical heat.

“In this weather, you can’t beat yourself too much. I’ll practice a little bit and head back to the hotel,” said the 23-year-old Japanese.

“I hit my driver really well today and that was the reason for my low score. This is my third time here and I love the course. Playing the last couple of years prepared me for that.”

Former world No. 1 Scott was satisfied with his 68 and being in a good position to challenge for the lead in the coming days.

The Australian, now 16th in the world, had an eagle on the par-5 5th but also bogeys at 7 and 12.

“The greens are rolling so you could really make some putts and I should have done better but overall, I’m happy,” Scott said.

“We have to hit good shots as there are some trick lies and you have to play solid. You need to play good shots to get a good score.”

Brantford, Ont.’s David Hearn carded a 70 and has a share of 33rd, while Abbotsford, B.C.’s Nick Taylor had a 74 to sit T72.

HAINAN ISLAND, China – China’s Lin Xi-yu took the lead Thursday in the windy Blue Bay LPGA, while Lydia Ko struggled in her first round since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world.

With her family watching at the tour’s lone event in China this season, the 19-year-old Lin shot a 5-under 67 in difficult conditions at Jian Lake Blue Bay. She had the lone bogey-free round on a day when only 10 of the 80 players broke par.

“My mom just got here this morning and she hasn’t watched me play since the U.S. Open,” Lin said. “I’m very happy that my family can be with me this week.”

Ko opened with a 77, her highest score since a career-worst 80 in high wind last year at Royal Birkdale in the Women’s British Open. She won the LPGA Taiwan by nine strokes Sunday to regain the No. 1 spot from Inbee Park. The 18-year-old New Zealander has a tour-high five victories this season, winning three of her last five starts.

Ko had a double bogey on the par-4 second, bogeyed the next three holes and dropped more strokes on 11 and 12. She birdied the par-5 14th and 18th.

Lin hit to hit to 6 inches on the par-3 17th to set up her final birdie.

“I actually hit it a little thin, but the wind was helping,” Lin said.

She missed a birdie chance on the par-5 18th when her 6-foot putt slid by on the right side.

“When I played in the practice round, I thought, ‘This place is pretty tough,'” Lin said “I’m pretty surprised what I did today. I’m really satisfied with my game.”

She has had the two best finishes of her two-year LPGA Tour career on the Asian Swing, opening with a tie for seventh in Malaysia and tying for sixth last week in Taiwan.

Austin Ernst was second after a 68. Fellow Americans Ryann O’Toole and Jane Park were at 70 along with South Koreans Jenny Shin and Sei Young Kim. Third-ranked Stacy Lewis, U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Brittany Lang, Germany’s Caroline Masson and Taiwan’s Candie Kung shot 71.

“Pretty windy out there and then a few of the pins are kind of in kind of tough spots if you get it on the wrong side of the hole,” Ernst said. “But I hit it pretty well all day. Gave myself a lot of looks. Made a lot of good putts. A lot of good pars.”

The 23-year-old Ernst won the Portland Classic last year for lone LPGA Tour title. She won the 2011 NCAA individual title for LSU.

China’s Shanshan Feng had a 73. She has four career LPGA Tour victories.

Canada’s Alena Sharp had a 74.

The second-ranked Park shot a 75. The South Korean player has four victories this year, winning two of the five majors. She tied for second Sunday in a Korea LPGA event.

Michelle Wie opened with a 76. South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace, the winner last year in the rain-shortened event, also shot 76.

ANTALYA, Turkey – Jaco van Zyl made nine birdies and an eagle for an 11-under 61 Thursday to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Turkish Airlines Open.

The South African’s eagle came on the par-5 11th hole and he then added five birdies on the last six holes for a score that would have been a course record if not for preferred lies being used.

“I played really nicely and honestly I thought four under par around here was a good score,” Van Zyl said. “I got it going early in the round and just kept it going. It was really good fun.”

Lee Westwood was second after a bogey-free 64, his lowest score in more than a year. Westwood made four straight birdies from the 14th but only picked up one shot on the five par-5s, which Van Zyl played in 6 under.

Westwood has slipped from No. 1 to 46th in the rankings after a disappointing season but said he feels like “something has finally clicked.”

“It’s stuff I’ve worked on before, but just a slightly different idea to give myself the same feeling as I got when I was playing well,” Westwood said. “I’m no spring chicken anymore. I’ve been training my hips to work in a certain way the last couple of years, but not playing very well and with not a great hip and leg action. I’m trying to train my way out of it now and get it back to where it was.”

Rory McIlroy made four birdies on his back nine and was in a group tied for fourth after a 67.

“I feel like my game came together a lot more on the back nine,” McIlroy said. “I was trying to find my rhythm for the first few holes and made a good par save on 18 which gave me some momentum going into the back nine, so overall I’m pretty pleased.”