Nick Watney will be taking the cautious route with his back, but that choice will ultimately cost him the 2016 season.
A herniated disc has been bothering Watney, 34, and rest hasn't been doing what he hoped. Watney, who last played in January at the Farmers Insurance Open, planned to take a month off to heal his back, but he's already been gone longer than that and the healing process has not been what he envisioned.
In order to not worsen the issue, Watney says he will sit out the remainder of 2016 to rest up his ailing back.