Cortisone injections in his ailing back may...

Cortisone injections in his ailing back may enable Jack Nicklaus to resume golf without surgery.

Nicklaus said he underwent “a minor procedure” 3 days ago and “my back feels the best it has in a year.

“I can stand up in the mornings,” he said. “If I continue to feel the way I do now, I fully expect to fulfill the rest of my schedule for the year,” Nicklaus said.