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Jul 18th, 2017
Snedeker withdraws from Open
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Brandt Snedeker has withdrawn from the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale due to a rib injury. The American has a rare bone condition where his rib bones are weaker than other bones in his body. Snedeker has struggled with similar injuries in the past.
In a tweet he said that: “Unfortunately I have been forced to withdraw this week. I had a rib issue pop up last week and it didn’t respond to treatment as I had hoped. The Open Championship is one of my favourite tournaments and Birkdale is such as a great test.”
He continued to say that: “I am gutted I won’t be able to compete and look forward to getting healthy as quick as possible. I will re-evaluate with my doctors when I get back to Nashville and hopefully some rest will do the trick.”
“Thanks for all the support and wish all the players a great Open.”
Snedeker has been replaced by the James Hahn who tweeted that “As excited as we are to play @TheOpen, I feel for Sneds/Vail to come all of this way to WD. I wish him a speedy recovery and all the best.”
The 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale will be James Hahn’s third attempt to lift the Claret Jug. However, his previous record is not too good as he failed to make the cut in 2015 and when he did in 2016, he could only manage a tie for 68th place.
