1.   After the shoulder surgery last year, after the sinus surgery, Elkington wondered if perhaps his career was over.

2.   All you need to know is that the saltwater is part of the after-care following some sinus surgery I had a while back.

3.   Catalano, second from left, performing the minimally invasive sinus surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington.

4.   Dr. Ralph Metson, who performs sinus surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, said he agrees with Catalano and Setliff on most counts.

5.   Elkington was absent from TPC this year because of sinus surgery but is recovered and ready.

6.   He returned in mid-January, and though he will need sinus surgery in the spring, he was healthy enough in Sestriere to live up to his burgeoning reputation.

7.   However, there was the time that my friend had that sinus surgery and ... oh, never mind.

8.   I had sinus surgery last summer.

9.   Sinus surgery can now be done under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis by means of a scope inserted through the nose.

10.   Steve Elkington, the defending champion, has withdrawn due to sinus surgery.