He becomes the first Open champion to not defend his title since Ben Hogan in 1954.
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Rory McIlroy faces a battle to save his season after confirming fears that the ankle injury sustained during a football kickabout with friends will prevent him from defending the Open.
However, Mickelson recalled missing the 1994 Masters after a skiing accident, while Spieth’s recent fishing trip in the Bahamas ended with him battling to land a 300lb shark for two and a half hours.
Russell Knox was playing the 12th hole in the pro-am at the Scottish Open when he checked his phone and saw he’d received a text from his wife.
“Thank you for all your best wishes”.
“I didn’t feel like anything he was doing was an unnecessary risk”. People get hurt taking a shower and doing normal day-to-day things. It’s unfortunate that it happened. The Northern Irish golfer gave no indication how long he would be out in the announcement Monday, July 6, 2015, on his Instagram account, only saying that he is “working hard to get back as soon as I can”.
Spieth is one of several players who have come to McIlroy’s defence after the usual social media “storm” questioning the wisdom of him playing football on an astroturf pitch so close to the Open.
Spieth needs to finish in the top six at this week’s John Deere Classic and win the Claret Jug at St. Andrews to take over the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, according to Golf Channel. He’ll never get this opportunity back again. Perhaps then he can return at full flight and start challenging Spieth for some of these top golfing prizes; the prospect of these two eventually going head-to-head for the major titles is something that’ll surely be an incentive for McIlroy in his recovery process. And it was so much heavier. You always think, ‘First reserve, yeah you’ll probably get in, ‘ but sometimes you don’t…
“I’ve not encountered any sharks yet but a couple of my mates have and I’m bracing myself for my first time”.
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“I’m not comfortable in and around the water just yet but I’ve had a couple of cracks at it and managed to catch a lobster to bring home for dinner, which was quite satisfying”.
