Tiger Woods' niece trying to beat him to next major

10:11 AM, May 31, 2012   |    comments
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By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY

The other Woods takes to the course next week.

That would be Cheyenne Woods, niece of the 14-time major winner.

The 21-year-old has gotten a sponsor's exemption for the Wegmans LPGA Championship in Pittsford, N.Y.

That gives her a week advantage on her uncle Tiger who doesn't play his next major -- the U.S. Open -- until the following week.

Cheyenne Woods, who missed the cut as an amateur in 2009, was a top player at Wake Forest who announced she was going pro last week.

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