Duval withdraws with back sprain
More problems for Duval as back injury forces withdrawal from British Open.
Updated: July 15, 2004, 9:11 AM ET
Associated Press
TROON, Scotland -- David Duval withdrew from the British Open on Thursday because of a sprained back muscle, keeping the former Open champion from making only his second start this year.
Duval told tournament officials he hurt himself Tuesday and was waiting to see if the injury healed. He played a practice round earlier in the week at Royal Troon with Brad Faxon and Davis Love III.
He was replaced in the field by David Griffiths, an alternate from local qualifying at Western Gailes.
Duval won the Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 2001 -- his only major victory -- but he has not won on the PGA Tour since.
The last player to be ranked No. 1 in the world before Tiger Woods, Duval is not currently in the top 200. In his only start on tour this season, he shot 83-82 to miss the cut in last month's U.S. Open. He has not made a cut in his last eight tournaments, dating back to June of 2003.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press
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