"In normal activity, your neck can be fine, but a golfer rotates his body.”

I've seen three or four breathless articles similar to Dave Anderson's column examining the possibility that Tiger's neck injury was caused by his accident and that it could linger.

Dr. Stephen J. Nicholas, the director of the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital, said he had treated thousands of patients with neck injuries, including dozens of professional and college athletes with the Jets, the Islanders and Hofstra University.

“Anyone who comes to see me with neck problems after a recent car accident, you worry about whiplash being one of the causes and flaring up later on,” Nicholas said. “Neck pain and stiffness are what occur in whiplash. In normal activity, your neck can be fine, but a golfer rotates his body.”

Perhaps no golfer rotated his body as strenuously as Woods did in winning 71 PGA Tour titles, including 14 majors. But at the Players Championship, after saying that he had “zero” physical issues after a second-round 71, he had another 71 in the third round before withdrawing that Sunday.

“When it spasms,” Woods explained at the time, referring to his neck, “I can’t turn.”

Presumably, he can turn now. At the Memorial, his neck will be under surveillance as never before — the neck that he insisted had “zero” connection to the sore neck in the crash.

I guess I'm just amazed golfers don't WD more often with neck issues, particularly as much as they travel and work out these days.

But to review, we know he's playing again this week. And anyone who has ever lifted even a portion of the  weight that Tiger lifts knows you can easily tweak your neck. Especially when you throw in some major league stress or maybe an awkward's night sleep.

So can't we pretty much surmise this was a non-story unless it's the beginning of a series of WD's?