This isn't the way Lucas Glover envisioned his PGA Tour season starting.

It all was so nice at Kapalua in the first week of January. Glover felt as ready for this season as any he could remember when he went paddleboarding off the Maui coast in advance of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. The tournament was one of the perks that came with his victory in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club last May.

Paddleboarding is something Glover does regularly at home at St. Simon's Island, Ga., and he hopped on his paddleboard in Hawaii after an hour of surfing, looking to get a little more exercise. That's when Glover lost his balance.

"My body went one way, my knee went the other and I knew something was wrong," Glover said last week after practicing at home.

The injury - a sprained ACL in his right knee and an irritated tendon - forced him to withdraw from both events he planned to play in Hawaii. The pain lingered and Glover just now is thinking seriously about starting his 2012 season, already having been forced to miss a couple of his favorite stops on the West Coast swing.

Ideally, Glover hopes to return in two weeks at the Mayakoba Championship in Mexico, but he's making no promises. He said he feels 90 percent healthy and resumed practice this past week, working for an hour Tuesday and more than two hours Thursday with no pain.

"I have to do the right thing and be patient," said Glover, a former Clemson All-American.

That means more than just being able to hit full shots pain free. It means being able to handle the physical demands of four long days on the course under tournament conditions.

Glover said he played more golf than usual during his winter break because the weather was good in the Sea Island area. He often played 27 or 36 holes a day in addition to his usual practices. The injury shut down his golf for a month.

"I like to spend a lot of time outside, but I've been forced to do other things," Glover said. "It was hard to slow down and not do anything stupid.

"I want to get back into golf shape. If something good is happening, I don't want to get tired on the back nine on Sunday. I want to be able to walk as much as I need and play the way I need to play."

Another local pro: PGA Tour player Martin Laird will make the Charlotte area his home for at least half of the year beginning in March.

Laird will move into his home on Lake Norman and will use Charlotte as his home base through the end of the PGA Tour season. He plans to spend his winters in Scottsdale, Ariz.

"I always liked the city when I came in for the" Wells Fargo Championship, Laird said. "I looked at a couple other areas but liked Charlotte and wanted someplace on the water."

Laird, 29, is ranked 38th in the world. A native of Scotland, Laird has two PGA Tour wins, including last year's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. He finished second in the season-opening Tournament of Champions at Kapalua.

A special Saturday: All that was missing Feb. 4 from The Palisades Golf Club was real fireworks.

Within the span of a few hours, there were two holes-in-one and a double-eagle by three members.

Brent Agar used an 8-iron to ace the 168-yard, par-3 eighth hole. Jan Havmoeller made a hole-in-one with an 8-iron on the 168-yard, par-3 fourth hole. And, Mike Knight holed a 172-yard second shot for a double-eagle on the par-5 12th.

"I've never seen anything like it," Palisades director of golf John Waverick said.