Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Ryder Cup trio pull out of this week's Wales Open

Three of last year's European Ryder Cup team have pulled out of this week's Wales Open at Celtic Manor - Oliver Wilson and Soren Hansen with bad backs and Swede Robert Karlsson with an inner ear infection.
The priority for all three, of course, is to be as healthy as they can for the United States Open in two weeks.
Miguel Angel Jimenez is left as the only member of Nick Faldo's side in the field, although the tournament does have Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin, the two captains for next year's match, on the course.
Wilson withdrew from the Players Championship in Florida last month with neck trouble and a chest condition called costo chondritis, an inflammation where ribs join with the cartilage that holds them to the sternum.
He returned at the following week's Irish Open, but after finishing 14th there has missed the cut the last two weeks.
Hansen would have been playing for the sixth week in a row if he had competed in Wales, but decided he needed a rest after finishing eighth in the European Open this weekend.
Karlsson, last season's European No 1, has not had a top-10 finish since he was fourth in Dubai at the start of February and has been battling with his infection for some time.

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