Tiger Woods Bows Out & USA Today Buys Golfweek

Carlos Torres and Fred Altvater bring you the latest golf news every week on the Back 9 Report.

Hurricane Matthew disrupted play along the Eastern Seaboard as both the Web.com Tour and the Symetra Tour were forced to cancel events. U.S. Amateur Champion, Aussie, Curtis Luck won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Incheon, South Korea and Ha Na Jang won in China.

In the Par 5 News they discuss Tiger’s withdrawal from the Safeway Classic, when he just committed to it last week, the PGA and LPGA Tours are considering opting out early of their network television deals with CBS, NBC and ESPN, plus USA Today added Golfweek to their media package.

Major Ed Pulido is the V.I.G. and talks about the Ryder Cup and Folds of Honor.