ELS, LAWRIE HOPING TO BE FIT TO PLAY AT CASTLE STUART
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By Martin Dempster
Former Open champions Ernie Els and Paul Lawrie are both hoping to be fit for next week's Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart despite withdrawing from events they were due to play in this week.
Els has pulled out of the AT and T National event on the US PGA Tour with a slight back strain while Lawrie has scratched from the French Open with a neck injury.
Both are confident they will have recovered in time for next week's event at the new links venue betweem Nairn and Inverness, where Els will be bidding to win the Scottish Open title for the third time - a feat only achieved in the event's history by Ian Woosnam (1987, 1990, 1996).
"I am really looking forward to seeing the Castle Stuart venue - I have heard good things about the course and it promises to be a great week," said Els.
Instead of playing in Paris, Lawrie is having treatment at home in Aberdeen in the hope that he will be fully fit for the first staging of the event at Castle Stuart.
"I've had the injury, which is on the left side of my neck, on and off for a while, but last week at the BMW International Open in Munich it was particularly bad," he said. "I played beautifully in the first round and shot a 66, but then woke up on Friday and the neck was really poor.
"I was hitting shots 20 yards less than I would normally because I couldn't make a proper backswing. If I get it fixed this week I hope it will be okay for the rest of the year."
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All four days of the Barclays Scottish Open will be broadcast live on BBC Television (July 9 and 10) and Sky Sports (July 7 and 8) with extensive highlights on both channels.
Advance tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open – for full details of ticket offers and other events on The European Tour, please visit www.europeantour.com/tickets or telephone the Ticket Hotline: +44 (0) 800 023 2557; fax +44 141 887 0223.
Please send postal enquiries to European Tour Tickets, Mirren Court Three, 123 Renfrew Court Three, Paisley, PA3 4EA.
For further information on the Barclays Scottish Open contact The European Tour Website: www.europeantour.com or the Official Championship Website: www.barclaysscottishopen.co.uk
About the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open
By Martin Dempster
Former Open champions Ernie Els and Paul Lawrie are both hoping to be fit for next week's Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart despite withdrawing from events they were due to play in this week.
Els has pulled out of the AT and T National event on the US PGA Tour with a slight back strain while Lawrie has scratched from the French Open with a neck injury.
Both are confident they will have recovered in time for next week's event at the new links venue betweem Nairn and Inverness, where Els will be bidding to win the Scottish Open title for the third time - a feat only achieved in the event's history by Ian Woosnam (1987, 1990, 1996).
"I am really looking forward to seeing the Castle Stuart venue - I have heard good things about the course and it promises to be a great week," said Els.
Instead of playing in Paris, Lawrie is having treatment at home in Aberdeen in the hope that he will be fully fit for the first staging of the event at Castle Stuart.
"I've had the injury, which is on the left side of my neck, on and off for a while, but last week at the BMW International Open in Munich it was particularly bad," he said. "I played beautifully in the first round and shot a 66, but then woke up on Friday and the neck was really poor.
"I was hitting shots 20 yards less than I would normally because I couldn't make a proper backswing. If I get it fixed this week I hope it will be okay for the rest of the year."
TO READ MARTIN DEMPSTER'S ARTICLE IN FULL, BUY A COPY OF "THE SCOTSMAN" NEWSPAPER TODAY OR LOG ON TO ITS WEBSITE
CLICK HERE
All four days of the Barclays Scottish Open will be broadcast live on BBC Television (July 9 and 10) and Sky Sports (July 7 and 8) with extensive highlights on both channels.
Advance tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open – for full details of ticket offers and other events on The European Tour, please visit www.europeantour.com/tickets or telephone the Ticket Hotline: +44 (0) 800 023 2557; fax +44 141 887 0223.
Please send postal enquiries to European Tour Tickets, Mirren Court Three, 123 Renfrew Court Three, Paisley, PA3 4EA.
For further information on the Barclays Scottish Open contact The European Tour Website: www.europeantour.com or the Official Championship Website: www.barclaysscottishopen.co.uk
About the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open
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