Brett Quigley and his caddie line up a putt on the ninth green in the first round of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic. Brett and his uncle, Dana Quigley, shot a 63.

The Providence Journal / Bob Breidenbach

BARRINGTON –– Even at the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, injuries are making news. This time it is Brett Quigley with bad news.

Quigley, who missed the end of last season and the start of this year because of right knee surgery, disclosed yesterday that he has a stress fracture in his left shin. It was diagnosed just before the start of the U.S. Open.

“It’s just from walking,” he said. “I’m going to have to take some time off.”

Under normal conditions, Quigley said he would not have played at the Open or in the CVS. However, he called them two of his biggest tournaments of the year.

“I wouldn’t miss these,” he said. So he is playing, but likely will sit out at least two or three weeks before getting back on the PGA Tour.

Injuries were a major part of the post-round discussion. Brad Faxon and his partner, Peter Jacobsen, whose company runs the event, both played competitively for the first time since knee surgery. Jacobsen had a knee replacement.

Faxon had said he would take a cart for the tournament, which is allowed at the CVS, but he and Jacobsen opted to walk.

Jacobsen was limping noticeably as the two shot a 70, which left them in last place.

“I felt it would have been harder taking the cart, getting in and out and going under the ropes,” Faxon said. “We decided it would be better to just walk.”

Faxon is not sure when he will be able to return to the Tour.

Women’s team excels

Laura Diaz and Natale Castrale have not received nearly as much attention as Juli Inkster and Natalie Gulbis did last year.

That is to be expected. The first team to break new ground, as Inkster and Gulbis did last year when they became the first women to compete in the CVS, always receives more attention that the second team to do so.

Castrale and Diaz made sure they were noticed yesterday, though. Playing from shorter tees than the men –– they played a course much like the typical members course at RICC –– they excelled.

They made 9 birdies in the first 17 holes and had a chance to tie for the lead going to 18. They bogeyed the last hole and settled for a 63, two off the lead.

“We both chipped in, both made a couple long putts and got some excitement going from the crowd,” Diaz said.

Diaz, whose brother, Ron Philo, is a former R.I. Open champion, was surprised when Andrade and asked if she wanted to play in the event.

She, like Andrade, is a Wake Forest grad. She said she was honored to represent the LPGA.

Castrale is one of her best friends on tour. Castrale said she was not sure what to say when Andrade called her.

“When Billy called me he told me Laura had already accepted,” she said. She is thrilled she said yes.

“We’ve been looking forward to it all year,” she said.

A weary Cink

Stewart Cink came to RICC straight from Cromwell, Conn., where he won the Travelers Championship on Sunday.

He had to do all of the obligations that go with winning an event before heading to Rhode Island.

“I kind of ran out of gas today,” he said after he and J.J. Henry, the defending champions in the CVS, shot a 65. “I didn’t help J.J. out.”

Henry waited for Cink before heading to Rhode Island.

They drove in from Hartford, with a stop for dinner. Cink said he spent Sunday night returning calls and messages left for him.

Chip shots

Paul Goydos, the guy who pulled a Rocco Mediate before Rocco –– Goydos is the likable veteran who had the stirring duel with Sergio Garcia in The Players’ Championship this year –– is still wearing the Long Beach State hat he made famous at The Players. However, now it has a Hertz logo on it. “I’ve been with Hertz for 13 or 14 years, now we’ve just made it more visible,” he said. … Justin Rose is playing in the tournament with Nick Faldo, who will be his captain on the European Ryder Cup team this year. “I’m not sure I did myself any good,” Rose said of his performance as he and Faldo shot 66. … Dana Quigley has switched to a belly putter. He gave his brother, Paul, who is caddying for him, the credit for suggesting what has been a good move. Quigley tied for third in the Bank of America Championship Sunday in Concord, Mass. “I hate to do it, but I have to give Paulie credit,” Quigley said.

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