PINEHURST, N. Matt Carpenter Jersey .C. -- Tiger Woods is making progress in his recovery from back surgery and starting to extend his swing, his agent said Tuesday. Woods already has missed two majors this year while he recovers from a microdiscectomy on his back on March 31. He last played on March 9 at Doral, when he closed with a 78 despite the pain in his lower back. Woods has said he has no idea when he will be healthy enough to return to competition. A report on Golf Channels morning show said he was taking full swings at the Medalist Golf Club in South Florida. "Tiger is progressing like he expected," Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management said in an email. "Feeling good each day. As each day passes and he feels that way, he lengthens the swing a bit." Woods is the tournament host next week for the Quicken Loans National at Congressional. It is not expected that he will play. The deadline to enter is Friday. This is the first year of title sponsorship for the Detroit-based company. The next major is the British Open on July 17-20 at Royal Liverpool, where Woods won in 2006. The last time Woods missed two majors in one year because of injuries was in 2011, when he sat out the U.S. Open and British Open to let his leg fully recover. That year, he returned at Bridgestone Invitational in early August, a World Golf Championship that has no cut. In a promotional day for Quicken Loans last month, Woods said he was chipping and putting in a way that did not require rotation in his back. That was four weeks ago. He also did not know how much time it would take for him to be ready for a tournament once he could take full swings with no pain. "The more time you give me, I think the better Ill be," he said. "The great thing about what Ive done so far and all my other previous surgeries is that I worked on my short game. Once I start expanding from there and start competing and playing, if I start spraying it all over the lot and not hitting it that great, at least my short game is solid. Thats one of the positives to it." Woods has slipped from No. 1 to No. 4 in the world ranking, and he is likely to fall a couple of more spots in coming weeks. He is at No. 207 in the FedEx Cup standings -- having finished 72 holes only once this year -- and the top 125 get into the playoffs that start Aug. 21. The news comes one day after Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open with the second-lowest score in history at 271. The overnight rating for NBC Sports was 3.3, down 46 per cent from the previous year at Merion. Kolten Wong Jersey . Just as the meeting was beginning, Major League Baseball unveiled Rule 7.13, an experimental rule for the 2014 season aimed at eliminating what the league calls “egregious” runner/catcher collisions at home plate. Lance Lynn Jersey . 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SPREAD a€” Kansas City 3-1-0, San Francisco 1-2-1SERIES RECORD a€” 49ers lead 6-5LAST MEETING a€” Chiefs beat 49ers 31-10, Sept. 26, 2010LAST WEEK a€” Chiefs beat Patriots 41-14 Monday night; 49ers beat Eagles 26-21AP PRO32 RANKING a€” Chiefs No. 14, 49ers No. 9CHIEFS OFFENSE a€” OVERALL (16), RUSH (4), PASS (28).CHIEFS Defence a€” OVERALL (11), RUSH (19), PASS (8).49ERS OFFENSE a€” OVERALL (19), RUSH (7), PASS (22).49ERS Defence a€” OVERALL (2), RUSH (2), PASS (7).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES a€” Chiefs won past two matchups, outscoring 49ers 72-10. ... Dating to 1985, home team has won past eight meetings. ... Chiefs first visit to San Francisco since 2002. ... 49ers traded Alex Smith to Chiefs in March 2013 to clear way for Colin Kaepernick. ... Chiefs sacked Smith five times previous meeting in 2010 on way to first 3-0 start since 2003. ... Chiefs defence forced first three turnovers of season Monday night, Husain Abdullah returning an interception for a TD. ... Jamaal Charles ran for 92 yards and a score last week, and had 97 yards vs. 49ers in meeting four years ago. ... San Francisco defence has allowed 152 total yards rushing over past three games, lowest by team over three-game stretch since 124 in 1997. ... RT Donald Stephenson available for Chiefs after serving four-game suspension for violation of league policy on performance-eenhancing drugs. Carlos Martinez Jersey. ... Chiefs RB Knile Davis one of four players to have multiple 100-yard rushing games this season. Davis is going for third straight 100-yard game after he had 132 yards on 32 carries in Week 3 at Miami and 106 yards against New England. ... Kaepernick and Smith have passed for 912 and 891 yards, respectively. Smith has connected with 12 different receivers. ... 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Harbaugh looks for first coaching win against AFC West.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '