NAMES IN THE GAMES

Tom Watson is praising the Kansas City Country Club’s decision to invite Henry Bloch to become a member but won’t say whether he intends to rejoin the club. The golf pro resigned from the 94-year-old private club Nov. 28 when he learned the club’s membership committee rejected an application by Bloch, who is Jewish. Watson’s wife and two children are Jewish. He is not. The club’s board of directors announced last week that if Bloch re-submitted an application it “will be acted upon favorably.”