DARREN CLARKE WILL not compete in next month’s US Open after being advised to rest a persistent groin problem.
The current British Open champion has been bothered by the injury for the past month, at the Masters and during the BMW Championship last week, and has decided he won’t travel to San Francisco.
The 43-year-old, who has failed to make a cut all year, has also pulled out of the Nordea Masters in Sweden in a bid to be right for the defence of his title at Royal Lytham in July. He is still expected to play the Irish Open on his home course at Royal Portrush, which starts on June 28, however.
Clarke pulls out of US Open with injury
DARREN CLARKE WILL not compete in next month’s US Open after being advised to rest a persistent groin problem.
The current British Open champion has been bothered by the injury for the past month, at the Masters and during the BMW Championship last week, and has decided he won’t travel to San Francisco.
The 43-year-old, who has failed to make a cut all year, has also pulled out of the Nordea Masters in Sweden in a bid to be right for the defence of his title at Royal Lytham in July. He is still expected to play the Irish Open on his home course at Royal Portrush, which starts on June 28, however.
“I am extremely disappointed as Open champion that I am unable to play the US Open,” the BBC report Clarke as saying.
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