IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHY GAVIN DEAR HAD TO RETIRE DURING THE CHALLENGE TOUR'S KENYA OPEN AT THE WEEKEND, HERE IS THE ANSWER, STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH:


E-MAIL FROM GAVIN DEAR

I had food poisoning, was up from 3am on Saturday morning. Felt really bad but thought I would try and play, but as every hole went by I felt worse. At the 6th I hit my 3 wood straight down the middle but started to have difficulty walking down the fairway. At that point I decided I could be doing myself harm. I was then sick multiple times for the next few hours and spent the rest of the day in bed.
I felt better yesterday and managed to keep food down. I am currently travelling home and then onto Morocco where I am playing two epd events. Unfortunate course of events but I made the right choice and hopefully I can improve my play slightly for Morocco.

GAVIN DEAR