I joined Kite's team in July as he prepared to show off the golf course he designed -- Liberty National -- to the world at The Barclays, the first of the four PGA Tour's FedExCup championship playoffs.
In the months since, I have been privileged enough to work with Kite on several other projects as his media coordinator, the latest of which was a press release on his ongoing recovery from surgery to repair a tendon in his left shoulder.
The procedure in Kite's shoulder was performed Nov. 4 in Birmingham, Alabama by noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews, who is widely considered one of the foremost surgeons in the United States for knee, elbow and shoulder injuries. By the time Andrews operated on Kite, the tendon was hanging on by a thread.
Kite (shown above engaging a young fan at the 2005 BoozAllen Classic) was back home in Austin within a few days of the surgery and is currently under an intense rehabilitation schedule that could have him swinging a club by the end of January and back on the Champions Tour in February when the Tour heads to Florida for the ACE Group Classic in Naples and the Allianz Championship in Boca Raton.
"I am hoping 2010 will be a year that I can play injury-free and healthy for the first time in a couple of years and allow me to really attack the golf courses," Kite said. "Obviously I will get a delayed start and the first few events I do play might show some rust but I am really excited about the year and moving forward."
See the entire press release at http://www.pgatour.com/2009/r/12/17/kite.shoulder/index.html.
As Kite works on his recovery, we are looking for more opportunities for him to design new golf courses and to renovate others. Keep an eye out here for news on how we are doing on that front.
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