BBC reporting that Woods will not be playing in The Open.

Awww, and I was going to select chris woods as well

Er...that doesn't quite work - it's Chris Wood, not Woods.

BBC radio has just confirmed Tom Levet is out of The Open next week.

Think the next alternate on world ranking is Bob Garrigus. If he also rejects a tee and Sandwich, then Tony Kim and Simon Dyson are standing by.

I know, but it was close and good for a small smile

No, pretty sure it isn't...



Back to the news: Tim Clark has withdrawn from next week's Open. His place goes to Anthony Kim.

Quality Kim with the long hair is not the same person...

Maybe he'll keep it uncut until he wins a tournament?

Thomas has Levet-tated himself out of the British Open

John Deere leaderboard shows David Toms has withdrawn after nine holes of Round One. Drat.

Just noticed: likewise, Bob Garrigus.

Fantastic news !!

After NCG now get players dropping out left right and centre.

Perhaps Mt Garrigus wanted to get on his plane for some Open practice

Toms is out of The Open too - hip injury.

I do feel for him having to miss it although financially I dont think it will cripple him. Whereas my bringing him into 6 OFL teams to get scores of -2 MC, -2 MC , 6 , -2 MC mean that the sympathy is very limited.

At least Iwont have teh pain of feeling obliged to pick him next week...............I think I'll have a punt on Levet - he is in good form!

VERPLANK withdrawn now

Going for a full house again

Colsaerts turns over scooter; Verplank waits

Nicolas Colsaerts took a spill on a scooter on Monday night, and may not be fit to play in this week's British Open.
"I rented a scooter last night and went into Sandwich but I went over the pavement and fell on my elbow," said the Belgian on Tuesday. Colsaerts entered the week ranked 71st in the world thanks in part to his European Tour breakthrough in China earlier this year. He also shared third place at last week's Scottish Open. "The elbow doesn't feel the best right now but we are working on the swelling with the physio. The only hope is I have a late start time on Thursday (2:54 p.m. local time) and that will give me a little more time to recover. I'm obviously a little low now but hopefully I'll be ready. ... I've been getting manipulation from the physio, taking anti-inflammatories and there's nothing more to do but to just wait and see how quickly I recover. ... If I play I'll play through to the end because I'm not going to quit after nine holes, that's for sure." The first alternate is Scott Verplank, who withdrew after one round of last week's John Deere.

Monty out for a few weeks.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-golf-european-montgomerie-idUSTRE76P4RF20110726

Rotoworld reports that Jerry Kelly and Brandt Snedeker have withdrawn from the Greenbrier Classic, but are currently still listed in the PGA Tour field:

http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/gol/golf?rw=1

Ryder Cup player Ross Fisher has withdrawn from this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in America to stay with his wife and their ill three-month-old son Harry.

Thomas Levet out of the Bridgestone Invitational according to one of Dave Shedloski's tweets.

http://twitter.com/#!/DaveShedloski

Francesco Molinari a doubt for the USPGA according to Sky Sports.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,12176_7091877,00.html

Twitter 2 hrs ago:

F_Molinari Francesco Molinari
Wrist is better thanks to everyone, great work by @ProGolf_Health. Hit a few balls this morning, playing a few holes today.

JB Holmes out for 3 months.

I hope everything works out okay for the guy.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/aug/22/golf-jb-holmes-have-brain-surgery-miss-3-months/

Seems to be progressing well:



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John Daly's had worse after a night out

A rare WD that doesn't affect any of my teams

Stricker withdraws from the BMW - no reason stated.

http://tourreport.pgatour.com/2011/09/16/stricker-withdraws-from-bmw/

Update: “Steve has been battling some neck pain the past few days and the discomfort became more severe today,” according to a statement by Jon Heaton of IMG, Stricker’s management company. “After consulting with his doctor he has decided to rest at home for a few days in hopes of regaining full strength for the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola next week.”

Looks like the OFL leader who transferred Stricker out of his team this week had some inside knowledge

Westwood out of Portugal Masters due to scheduling issues

http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/ ... id=1131-44

1) Now the Tour Championship is settled, which of the US-based players is likely to continue turning out in at least half the remaining weeks this year?

2) And who is going to put their feet up or perhaps play in just one or two more events in 2011?

As an example, own team currently holds Kuchar, Day and Choi, a trio who are quite expensive. Would consider jettisoning one or more for a proven regular end-season player.

Happy, of course, to continue researching answers to both questions if there are stats online on previous year-ends.

Thoughts very welcome; thanks...

Further update on Stricker:

here's a couple of player commitment lists that might help out

http://frysopengolf.com/2011/08/player-list-updated/

http://www.mcgladreyclassic.com/tournament-information/player-field/

Not a comprehensive list but the following players played at least 3 of the fall finish tournaments last year. (Note the absence of 'top' players)

De Jonge
Byrd
Baddeley
Levin
B Davis
Garrigus (4)
Tringale (4)
Imada
A Price
Atwal
P Perez
Gay
C Wi (4)
DA Points

Not a lot to get excited about, a few of the rookies will be regulars with the occasional appearance of a top 50 player.