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DUBLIN, Ohio — Tiger Woods withdrew from the U.S. Open as he recovers from back surgery that has kept him out of golf for nearly three months.

It will be the second U.S. Open, and sixth major, he has missed because of injury over the last six years.

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater returned to sports dominance this week thanks to three alumni who helped the Warhawks earn a spot in the NCAA record books.The baseball team took home the Division III World Series trophy with a 7-0 win over Emory University on Tuesday, coached by John Vodenlich. The Warhawks' title came two months after Pat Miller's basketball team won the men's D-III championship, and five months after Lance Leipold's football squad won the D-III title.The titles make UW-Whitewater the only school in NCAA history to win championships in football, men's basketball and baseball in the same school year.Miller, Leipold and Vodenlich were all students at UW-Whitewater.

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