Taylor Hicks is back home and playing golf...

“It’s good to be back in Alabama.”

Taylor Hicks came home this week to play in his hometown golf tournament, The Regions Classic. He returned to the course where he was a caddy growing up in Hoover, Alabama. Now, he is a celebrity guest in the Pro-AM tournament that Sports Illustrated rated as the Number One event on the tour circuit.

Taylor hit the greens and the talk show circuit. Just off the plane, he visited with his old radio talk show buddies, Rick and Bubba. They talked about last week’s American Idol appearance and Taylor divulged that “Simon told me after the show that was the best performance that I’ve even seen you do…there’s a fit for you in country music. And he also told me to get into movies…get into acting and keep the acting thing going.”

In day one on the greens, Taylor teed off with Bo Jackson and Tim Brando. Earlier on the local Fox channel, he hit golf balls for golf pro, Brad Bryant, who complimented Taylor’s swing saying that Taylor could certainly play the guitar much better than he could. But he couldn’t swing that much better than Taylor. They hit balls across the water, both placing close to a cameraman.

Taylor is paired with Charles Barkley and Andy Bean on day two of the Regions. He threatened to wear a bicycle helmet around the course with Alabama native, Barkley, in what sounds like a fun day for this charismatic pair.

Any bets that Charles will have something to say about Taylor’s Teen Angel role in “Grease”?

There was an abundance of media appearances and performances as Taylor took a few days off from “Grease” during its run in Seattle this week.

To watch and download all the images of Taylor Hicks relaxing and enjoying his trip back home, go to our media board:

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I’m not a golfer, so I’m not going to talk scores!

Photo courtesy of The Birmingham News.