Tiger Woods has confirmed that he will not take part in this years US Open at Oakmont Country Club as he continues his comeback from injury. Justin Tucker Youth Jersey . The former world No 1 has not played competitively since finishing joint 10th in the Wyndham Championship in August last year, after which he underwent two back operations in the space of six weeks.There had been speculation that the 14-time major champion was set to make a return to the game ahead of the 116th US Open in Pennsylvania which gets underway on June 16, live on Sky Sports. However, despite registering to play in the second major of the year, Woods has now confirmed he will not compete for a fourth title or play at the Quicken Loans National - which he hosts - the following week. Tiger Woods is facing a frustrating wait for full fitness I want to thank everyone for their continued support. The positive texts, emails and calls I have received have been incredible, Woods said in a statement on his official website.I want to wish Mike Davis, Diana Murphy, the USGA, the players and everyone at Oakmont a very successful week.While I continue to work hard on getting healthy, I am not physically ready to play in this years US Open and the Quicken Loans National. I am making progress, but Im not yet ready for tournament competition. To be in with a chance of winning the replica set of clubs and golf bag used by this years US Open champion, simply answer this question I will be hosting and attending my foundations tournament, the Quicken Loans National, at Congressional. Its the 10th year of our tournament, and we continue to support the community, the military and the programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation.The 40-year-old has won the US Open three times, with his victory at the 2008 tournament at Torrey Pines his last major triumph. It will be the third time in six years that Woods has missed the competition. Woods place in the US Open has gone to Thitiphu Chuayprakong, a 23-year-old from Thailand who was the first alternate from the Japan sectional qualifier.Thitiphu, who has never played in a major, has one career victory on the Asian Tour at this years Bangladesh Open.I am feeling very happy, said Thitiphun. I thought my chances of getting in wasnt high. I am feeling very excited now as itll be my first time playing in a major. Its going to be a boost to my career. Also See: Donald qualifies for US Open Tigers injury timeline Win US Open winners clubs Golf on Sky Sports 4 Miles Boykin Ravens Jersey . The agreement comes a little more than one week after the video game manufacturer agreed to a $40 million settlement in a similar but separate case, bringing the total payout planned for athletes to $60 million, said Steve Berman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, and the NCAA. Hayden Hurst Jersey . The right-hander pitched into the seventh inning and boosted Cincinnatis struggling offence by hitting a double and scoring as the Reds ended a seven-game losing streak by beating the Atlanta Braves 1-0 Saturday night. http://www.cheapravensshoponline.com/Youth-trace-mcsorley-ravens-jersey/ . Cain departed in the fourth inning of a 10-5 loss to the Pirates on Thursday. X-rays on Cains bruised forearm were negative. He was hit when Sanchez led off the fourth with a groundout.KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kevin Harvick has a second straight shot at winning from the pole at Kansas Speedway. Harvick was back on top at the 1.5-mile track, posting a track record to help propel him to his second pole of the season. Harvick posted his record 194.658 mph lap Friday in the second round of NASCARs knockout qualifying format. His No. 4 Chevrolet hit 194.252 in the third round to give him two straight poles at Kansas, after he won from the top spot at Octobers race. "It was Freaky Fast today, so just have to put it all together tomorrow night when it counts," Harvick said. Harvick has two wins this season and won from the pole at Darlington. He will lead the field to green Saturday under the lights for the first time in a Sprint Cup race at Kansas. Joey Logano joined Harvick on the front row. Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five. His qualifying spins over, Keselowski worked hard defending himself from drivers -- like former champion Jimmie Johnson -- who said he didnt need to race so hard when he was out of contention Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski fell six laps off the pace while his car was repaired from an earlier accident. When he returned to the track, he decided to race hard with the leaders in an attempt to slowly get his laps back and maybe put himself back in position to win. Keselowski eventually spun in the middle of the pack to trigger a 14-car accident that wrecked former champions Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and Johnson. "You have to think being six laps down you are not going to get back on the lead lap," Johnson said Friday. "There is an opinion, if you are on the race track you deserve a right to go race regardless how many laps down you are. Im sure that is probably a smaller percentage of people have that opinion. Its very easy when you are caught up in that wreck is to go, Why were you racingg? You are six laps down. Miles Boykin Youth Jersey. It just depends on where you are." Keselowski brushed off the barbs from his rivals. "Thats his right," Keselowski said. "We all hold the steering wheel. Theres 43 of us out there and we all hold it a little bit differently and make different decisions. It would be quite lame to watch if we all did the same thing and had the same ideas and personnas. "Id say in most cases, I probably wouldnt have done it. But in that case, I felt like it was the proper thing to do with having the potential to race the 1 car (Jamie McMurray) and get back in sequence. If we got back in sequence, we had enough speed in our car, with yellows, to have a shot at winning the race. I wasnt ready to give up." Kurt Busch was sixth, followed by Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart. Danica Patrick qualified ninth for her second straight top-10 start and Greg Biffle was 10th. Harvick said a little 15-minute pep talk with Patrick may have spurred her to another solid qualifying run. She set a track record on her first lap, though it was topped multiple times during the three rounds. "She just basically needed to quit thinking about it and smash the gas," he said. "Thats what she said. Shes done a great job in trying to take in all the information." Harvick, who jumped from Richard Childress Racing to Stewart-Haas Racing, pulled away from Kurt Busch and Gordon on a late restart to win a wreck-filled race in October at Kansas. "I dont think its going to be like the way it was when they dropped the green flag last fall here," he said. Harvick won his eighth pole in 477 career starts. "It makes life a lot easier when you can have pit stall one," he said. "Hopefully we can have a good night tomorrow night, but the weekend has gone good we had a great test here a few weeks ago and everything has carried right over." ' ' '