The cost of this contract to which Bates committed the Championship club, which is under financial strain, is thought to be £500,000 over three years.
Just as he did before the Masters and next week's PGA Tour event, the Quail Hollow Championship, Woods on Wednesday committed early to the Players Championship, set to begin May 6 at T.P.C. Sawgrass, and to the AT&T National, which will start July 1 at the Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.
"We are committed to bringing a championship to the city of Houston," said Texans vice president of football operations Rick Smith.
"We are committed to winning another championship, and Monte has been a huge part of our success," the Bucs' owner, Malcolm Glazer, said.
The Rugby Football League's board of directors are committed to promoting a Championship club to Super League for 2012 and will decide next July which Super League club will make way for the arrival of Widnes, Halifax or Barrow.
Cornish Pirates are a Championship club committed to their Premiership dream, and they hope to have a new ground to show for it by 2020.
By valuing our heritage, and in doing so we commit ourselves to championship caliber athletic achievement and the on-going enhancement of the traditions of Stanford Athletics, including leadership, individual and team achievement and intense pride and loyalty.
It was two years ago at the 2010 P.G.A. Championship that Woods committed to reinventing his swing with the instructor Sean Foley.
Normally, Woods would not have committed to the Quail Hollow Championship, which is scheduled to begin April 29 in Charlotte, N.C., until the deadline, which is next Friday.
Neither has committed to the Quail Hollow Championship that begins April 29 in Charlotte, N.C., an event that would be the perfect stage for a Masters rematch.
WE often talk about the evils of big-time college athletics, but few things are more corrupt than the outrage committed this weekend by the Bowl Championship Series.
