CHICAGO _ Kevin Streelman has been doing the stay-at-home dad thing, such as comforting daughter Sophia as she watched little brother Rhett get a buzz cut.
It will grow back, he promised.
Also making a comeback: Streelman's vocation and passion _ professional golf.
The three-time PGA Tour winner is playing this week in the Scottsdale Open, a Tuesday-Thursday minitour event near his Arizona home.
"I'm itching to play," Streelman said Monday by telephone. "I miss the competition."
His buddy Brian Urlacher is with him to caddie. The Bears Hall of Famer texted: "I'm not sure how I can lend anything positive or helpful to his game, but I'll try."
The $130,000-purse event _ roughly 1% of last year's U.S. Open prize money _ drew several PGA Tour pros thirsting for some birdies, normalcy and fine-tuning in anticipation of big-money events starting next month.
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