What's he been up to for the past month? Well, for one thing, he's probably been changing a lot of diapers.
Furyk's wife, Tabitha, gave birth to the couple's second child, a son, Tanner James, on Dec. 12. So, Furyk has taken a few weeks off the tour to spend some quality time with his growing family, which also includes daughter Caleigh Lynn, who will be 2 on June 24.
Bill Ackerman, one of the golfer's closest friends from their days at Manheim Township High School, said he recently talked with Furyk, and that everything is going great.
From the sounds in the background, he has his hands full,'' Ackerman, the head basketball coach at West York, said with a laugh.
Furyk is expected to be back on tour in the next few weeks.
*Penn State's football team is dealing with another off-field incident.
Quarterback Michael Robinson received 24 stitches above his left ear after being shoved in a glass trophy case during a brawl early last Saturday at the Penn State Ice Pavilion, according to Friday's Centre Daily Times.
Robinson was treated at the Mount Nittany Medical Center.
According to the State College newspaper, a fight involving between 15 and 20 people broke out about 4 a.m. during an all-night ice-skating party hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
No charges have been filed.
We are aware of an incident that occurred this past weekend,'' Jeff Nelson, Penn State's assistant athletic director for communications, said in a statement.
It appears no student-athletes were instigators, but a student-athlete may have been a victim. Once we have all the pertinent information, we will act accordingly.''*Penn State's home football attendance was the nation's second best in 2003 for the third straight year.
Despite going 3-9, the Nittany Lions' average home attendance was 105,629. In seven home games, the Lions drew .000739,403, ranking in the nation's top four for the 13th straight year.
Michigan was first in home attendance, at 110,918. Ranking just behind Penn State were Tennessee (105,038), Ohio State (104,870) and Georgia (92,058).
*Williams Grove Speedway will start its 65th season at 2 p.m. next Sunday with a 25-lap main event.
The lineups for each of the 10-lap qualifying heats will be set by a draw. The top finishers will also go into a draw for the feature starting slots. There will be no time trials.
The winner of the main event will get $3,000 in a nearly $15,000 purse.
Lance Dewease, 38, the defending champion of Williams Grove's Cindy Rowe Auto Glass championship, is seeking his fourth straight title at Williams Grove and his sixth overall.
*Millersville's Toochi Udeinya ranks among the PSAC's top 10 in three major statistical categories. Before Saturday's games, Undeinya, a junior, was seventh in scoring (15.2 ppg), sixth in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and 10th in assists (3.09 apg).
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