VERIZON HERITAGE

April 14, 2006

Jonathan Byrd

I thought I pulled a muscle or tore a muscle during the final round at BellSouth a couple of weeks ago. I have no idea what happened. It bothered me some last week, but I got through that. I saw a doctor at the beginning of this week. He told me to keep doing what I was doing. It bothered me on Monday. I wound up taking Tuesday off, completely. I went and had an x ray and he gave me some anti inflammatory and told me that it would just need to be rested over time.

I played nine holes on Wednesday at another golf course and that was it. Yesterday I played really well, but it bothered me a great deal. After I was finished I went and had an MRI. Apparently there is a cartilage cap on the rib cage and I have pulled that off somehow, I don't know when it happened or how it happened. I couldn't swing at all after that.

This is a real tough one to pull out of for several reasons, because it's close to home, because I'm playing well. I tried everything I could to play, but I just couldn't do it.

I'm going to rest for the next two and a half weeks and hope to be back by Charlotte. It's really tough because I'm playing so well right now. I hit it so good yesterday, even with it hurting as bad as it did.

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