Woods back to play PGA Championship

 　　WASHINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods has been back to the field and formally entered the PGA Championship after missing two other majors earlier this year.

　　The World Golf Championship at Firestone will mark his return next week.

　　PGA spokesman Julius Mason said Friday that Woods' agent Mark Steinberg said as long as everything goes well at Firestone and there are no complications to his left leg, that Woods intends to play the PGA, slated¹ for Aug. 11-14 at Atlanta Athletic² Club.

　　Woods, who said to have nursed his injured left leg, has been out of golf for nearly three months, missing the U.S. and British Opens and having failed to win the last nine majors he has played.

1 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

2 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。