"Nearly man" Ross Fisher too tired to

play in this week's event at Munich

Englishman Ross Fisher, one of the "nearly men" in the US Open at Bethpage Black, has pulled out of the BMW International Open which tees off in Munich tomorrow.
No European has won the US Open since Tony Jacklin at Chaka in 1970 but Fisher was only one stroke off the lead with two holes to play after the second major of the season overshot the runway into a fifth day on Monday.
Fisher three-putted the short 17th and finished fifth behind winner Lucas Glover.
After his overnight flight home from New York, the 28-year-old's management company informed the European Tour that he was feeling too tired to compete this week in Germany, where more rain is forecast throughout the tournament.
Fisher is entered for next week's French Open, but his schedule is up in the air with his wife Joanne expecting their first child in the middle of next month – during Open week. He has already stated that even if he was six ahead with a round to play at Turnberry he would return home for the birth.
Lucas Glover won the US Open but, with world Nos 1 and 2 Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson also coming to grief over the closing holes as well as former Open champion David Duval, Fisher took heart that he was in good company.
"It was tough," Fisher said. "You are looking at the leaderboard. You've got Lucas Glover and Phil Mickelson and a certain Mr Woods. So there's some good golfers playing in this tournament – some good names on the leaderboard."
Duval, meanwhile, believes he is back where he belongs in golf after landing his biggest pay day since winning the 2001 Open.
"It may be arrogance, but it's where I feel like I belong," Duval said. "I was glad to come up here and hit the golf ball and control myself like I've been saying I've been doing, and how I've been talking about how I know I'm playing a lot better than my results have been showing."