J.B. Holmes

SAN DIEGO – On a windowsill in his closet is a chunk of bone that reminds J.B. Holmes why he's lucky to play golf for a living. Julian H. Gonzalez Detroit Free Press file, 2008 J.B. Holmes underwent brain surgery in September following a long bout of vertigo symptoms. Complications about a month later prompted another surgery.  

Stanley was eager to get back on the course after a devastating ... PGA winner Keegan Bradley, Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar and two-time winners J.B. Holmes and Vijay Singh. Simpson and Johnson are the only players in the top 10 ...  

Holmes, who won the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2006 and '08, is returning from brain surgery and kept the piece of skull that was removed during the first of two procedures.  

Got a question for J.B. Holmes? Send us your questions for Direct Connect — PGATOUR.COM’s newest video franchise that gets you closer to a PGA TOUR pro each week — and host John Swantek might use it when he chats this week with Holmes, who has ...  

MARK STEVENS: Like to welcome J.B. Holmes. J.B., you're making your first start on TOUR since your surgery. If you kind of want to talk about your preparation for this week and thoughts on coming back after the long break. J.B. HOLMES: Yeah, it feels like ...  

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Woods makes his 2012 debut in the Abu Dhabi Championship on the European Tour. He said he is fit and looking forward to this year. After taking two weeks off to work with his new coach, Woodland, a former University of Kansas golfer, returns to ...  

J.B. Holmes is still looking for that missing 8 mph in his swing speed. No worries, the Kentucky-bred bomber can still blast 300-yard drives — good enough to make this week's Farmers Insurance Open his comeback from brain surgery. "I'm ready ...  

Holmes laughed Tuesday when he talked about this peculiar memento, even though there were a few nervous moments that made him wonder if he would ever get back to the PGA Tour. "I asked the guy if I could have it," he said. "Because I grew it ...  

2010 PGA Tour leading money winner and 2011 Presidents Cup member Matt Kuchar, 2011 Transitions Championship ... as well as a host of 2011 first-time winners including Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Stallings, Brendon Steele, Bryce Molder, Chris Kirk ...  

J.B. Holmes is listed in the published field of next week's Farmers Insurance Open. This matches what Golf Channel's Tim Rosaforte reported in early December, that the long-hitter would return at Torrey Pines. Given the road that Holmes has hoed since ...  

It took brain surgery, but J.B. Holmes no longer is dizzy. The headaches are gone and so is his fuzzy vision. And now his golf game is starting to come back. After a scary 2011 when Holmes wasn't sure what his future would be, on and off the golf course ...  

"You never know what you're going to get with this golf course," J.B. Holmes said. "Every year is different. It's a big change from last week (Torrey Pines) when it was pretty soft and this week it's firm. And then going to Pebble (Beach) it's going to be ...  

Another is that it would hamper a young college player from going straight to the PGA Tour. Johnson and J.B. Holmes are among those who recently have gone from Q-school to winning in one year, while Rickie Fowler went from Q-school to playing in ...  

Rickie Fowler is making his 2012 debut, top-10 players Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan are in the field, Bubba Watson is back to defend his title and J.B. Holmes is returning from brain surgery, so there will be plenty to follow from San Diego.