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Tiger Woods-related news is pretty slim right now. Outside of his report that he is wearing a knee brace and cannot put weight on his leg, the public has a surprisingly small amount of coverage of Tiger's life.

However, it appears another Woods is on the rise. Indeed, Cheyenne Woods has been a dominant junior player for several years. In fact, she recently made news by releasing her college choice while playing at a junior tournament at Walt Disney World.

Her announcement? She said,"It's just beautiful there, and it is a small school. I like that. I just love Wake Forest."

Paula Creamer may not have found the success she was looking for in the U.S. Women's Open. However, the "Pink Panther" lit up the first round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Ohio with an astounding 60.

In fact, Creamer (pictured right) claims that she didn't know how well she was doing. Creamer told the media, “I didn’t know it was a par 71, I thought it was a par 72. If I would have known that, who knows?”

The lowest score for a 21 year old in an LPGA round prior to Creamer's performance was a 64, thus shattering the record.

Creamer's playing partner for the day, Natalie Gulbis, said, “Paula is so talented. She could birdie every hole. She’s a birdie machine. I don’t think there’s a day that she goes out not thinking she can birdie every hole.”

Most golf fans probably realize that the game has changed shape at this point in the season due to the absence of Tiger Woods. For those wishing for the appearance of Tiger in some form or another, that scenario will not occur at this year's installment of the Ryder Cup.

Indeed, Tiger has turned down the assistant captain job which would have given him the opportunity to be part of the American team during the battle at Valhalla in Kentucky during the fall.

His reasoning? Tiger wrote on his website: "I wouldn't do it for a couple reasons. No. 1: I'm not on the team. No. 2: The event should be about the competitors and the competition. The guys will have plenty on their minds and I wish them the best. I'll be cheering loudly."

Personally, I think Tiger made the right move on this one. A) I don't think it is ever a bad thing to avoid the spotlight when trying to rehab an injury, especially at the height of a player's fame. But B), the untested American team that will represent the nation this year may ultimately rally around the situation with the knowledge that they will not be able to rely on the biggest gun of all, Tiger Woods.

So, for now, it appears that golf will retain its current excitement into the last event of interest this season.

I was on Yahoo.com today and noticed an interesting headline on the front page. "Secret to Better Golf Scores Discovered," it read. Naturally, I read on.

LiveScience.com apparently performed a little experiment where 46 golfers were asked to estimate the size of the hole. Pretty simple, right? Golfers were given nine holes to decide between, and the final result indicated that the players who estimated larger sizes had performed better when playing 18 holes of golf.

Jessica Witt, a psychologist at Purdue University, said, "Golfers have said that when they play well the hole looks as big as a bucket or basketball hoop."

Witt's next mission is to figure out how golfers can unlock the secret to visualizing a bigger hole. So, for now, not much help for the regular golfer.