Teen plans return to competitive golf

Ty Tryon, the youngest player ever to earn his PGA Tour card, finally has recovered from mononucleosis and plans to return to competition next week at the Utah Classic on the Buy.com Tour.

“He hasn’t played in five months. It will be nice to get his feet wet and get inside the ropes again,” agent Jay Danzi of IMG said Wednesday.

Tryon last played in March at the Bay Hill Invitational, where he missed the cut. He also missed the cut in his three other PGA Tour starts this year.

He was 17 when he made it through all three stages of PGA Tour qualifying school last fall, ending his remarkable run with a bogey-free 66 on the last day in what is regarded one of the most pressure-packed rounds in golf.

Because of a new age limit established by the PGA Tour, Tryon could not become an official member until June 2, when he turned 18.