STEVE ELLING AND THE ORLANDO Sentinel are reporting that Ty will return to action by the end of this month. He actually turned down a spot in this week's BC Open; and is likely to play in a Buy.com tour event or two before trying the big tour again. Another Elling article notes: Tryon played a practice round in New Jersey last week with his grandfather at Pine Valley Golf Club, the nation's most prestigious private club, but was wildly inconsistent.
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IN WHAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED THE best news Tryon has had since Q-School, the PGA Tour has granted him a medical exemption for the 2003 season. If he plays in, say, 10 more tournaments this year and fails to finish in the top 125, Tryon will be exempt for 13 events in '03. If his earnings for those 23 starts exceed that of the 125th player on this year's money list, he'll retain full-time playing status throughout next season. Basically, the kid has 23 tournaments to make about $450,000.

He's currently not in the field for the tournament I thought he'd make it back off the DL for - The Milwaukee Open (sorry Dayne), but this article does mention the BC Open (no field info yet available), which is played the same week as the British Open. Ty finished T37 in last year's BC Open as an amateur.
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