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Tiger's son has his eyes on putters

Tiger Woods owns two putters that he considers to be sacred, but that doesn’t stop his 7-year-old son Charlie from trying to play with them.
Tiger Woods owns two putters that he considers to be sacred, but that doesn’t stop his 7-year-old son Charlie from trying to play with them.

Like any father, Tiger Woods has a list of what his two children can and cannot touch in the house, even when it comes to his golf clubs.

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J.J. Watt is introduced before an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Houston.

Two of them, in particular.

One of them is the black Scotty Cameron Teryllium Newport putter that he used in his record-setting victory at the 1997 Masters. Two years later, he began using a silver Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter that he used in his other 13 majors before switching to a Nike putter.

Now the Newport 2 is back in the bag for the Hero World Challenge.

It had been residing in the putting studio at his Florida home, and the challenge has been keeping 7-year-old Charlie away from it.

"Charlie knows there are two putters he can't touch," Woods said. "They sit next to each other. Touch any putter, do anything you want with any other putter. These putters are off limits. These two ... only Daddy."

That doesn't keep the son from trying.

"Of course. He's a kid," Woods said. "He wants to always mess with me in some way."

Good Guy Award

J.J. Watt has donated $10,000 to a Houston-area high school football player who is in a coma after suffering a brain injury in a playoff game last week.

Grant Milton, a senior at The Woodlands High School, was injured Saturday during a game in Waco and was rushed to a hospital, where he remains in a coma.

A Go Fund Me account was set up to raise money for his medical care. Watt, the Houston Texans star defensive end, signed his name to the donation on the Go Fund Me page with a note that read: "If there's anything that I can do to help, please let me know. Sending my best wishes to Grant and the entire Milton family."

Banned fans

The Miami Dolphins revoked the season tickets of a group involved in a fight in Hard Rock Stadium's upper deck during a game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The team also announced in a statement issued late Tuesday that the unidentified fans are also banned from the stadium. Miami television station WFOR reports another fan filmed the brawl in section 334 during Sunday's game. The video shows men in Dolphins attire punching people wearing 49ers clothing.

The Dolphins said they immediately investigated and identified the season ticket holders who were involved. The team said "this type of behavior and conduct is not acceptable."

Lucy with the hold

From Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, after NFL kickers missed an NFL-record 12 extra points on Nov. 20: "The best kicking I saw all week took place on the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special."

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