Bubba Watson announced today via Twitter that he will not participate in the Players Championship this year due to a need for more family time.

I ve decided to pull out of the Players.I need to spend more time with Caleb and Angie, plan to take at least a month off #familytime

— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) May 3, 2012

Sorry to disappoint fans but the Players has one of the best fields all year, tourney is more than fine without me

— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) May 3, 2012

I feel blessed and excited that I get to spend quality time with Caleb and Angie in the next few weeks #diaperchange

— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) May 3, 2012

Watson claimed his first major last month when he won the Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff over Louis Oosthuizen.

A White House spokesperson said Barack Obama believes that women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National golf club, according to Yahoo Sports.

White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday that Obama’s “personal opinion is that women should be admitted” to the golf club.

The issue of gender at Augusta National has been raised once again as newly appointed IBM’s CEO Virginia Rometty was not extended and invitation for membership. IBM is a long time sponsor of Augusta and traditionally all male CEO’s of the company have been extended an invitation.

FedEx Corp. signed a five-year contract extension to sponsor the PGA Tour’s playoff system, and will continue to reward the FedEx Cup champion with a $10 million dollar prize, reports Business Week.

“We’ve seen it grow, it’s become a big part of what the PGA Tour is about and it’s had the effect of pulling our season together,” Tim Finchem, PGA Tour Commissioner said. “We’re going to try to make some adjustments in the next couple years with the FedEx Cup in an even more impactful way.”

The agreement will extend FedEx’s relationship with the PGA through 2017, and will continue to offer up to $35 million in total bonus money for players throughout the competition.

This year’s FedEx Cup playoffs begin Aug. 23-26 and will end with the Tour Championship which is scheduled for Sept. 20-23.

The 22-year old Irishman Rory McIlroy is confident with the adjustment he has made to his swing, according to ESPN.

He told reporters it will ”take a couple more weeks to fully click in” but that he will “be well and truly ready” for the first major of the year at Augusta National.

McIlroy will next compete in the Accenture Match Play Championship on Monday.

McIlroy’s greatest accomplishment in his young career thus far was winning the 2011 U.S. Open by eight shots over Jason Daly.

Tiger Woods and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will pair together at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am this February, according to ESPN.

Woods and Romo are believed to be good friends. In 2009 the two paired together at a pro-am before the AT&T at Congressional in Washington D.C.. The two also reportedly attended a U2 concert together at Cowboys stadium, according to ESPN.

Romo is an established amateur golfer, and has on multiple occasions made strong runs at qualifying for the U.S. Open. In 2010 the Cowboys quarterback advanced passed the local qualifying round for the tournament, but was forced to withdraw from the sectional qualifier when a team commitment arose.

A book coming out by Tiger Woods’ longtime swing coach, Hank Haney, won’t be a “tell-all,” according to USA Today.

“I didn’t feel frustrated at all with the subject matter not going places it could have gone,” Haney’s co-author Jamie Diaz says. “It concerns itself with golf areas. Look, Hank was a very influential guy with Tiger in person. It’s a golf book primarily and you can’t separate golfer from golf personality.”

Haney served as Woods’ swing coach for six years during an unprecedented transitional period in which his client went from one of the most dominant golfers the sport had ever seen, to a man battling a series of debilitating injuries while attempting to overcome turmoil in his personal life. Haney was reportedly one of the few associates with Woods that never signed a non-disclosure agreement during this time.

The book, entitled “The Big Miss – My Years with Tiger Woods,” is set to come out March 27.

Tiger Woods will begin his PGA Tour season at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, according to the Associated Press.

Woods announced on his website today that he would attend the tournament Feb. 9-12. The golf course is the site of one of the legendary golfer’s most memorable moments, his 15-shot victory at the U.S. Open. At the time the dominant performance, set over a decade ago, was a tournament record. Rory McIlroy, however, broke that record last year.

The 36–year-old golfer is still in the midst of a comeback after personal issues sent his career in a tailspin. A series of knee and Achilles injuries also kept Woods off the course for the majority of 2011.