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MAJOR BLOW: Danny Lee OUT of the Open Championship at Royal St George’s

Daniel RapaportJuly 11, 2021
British OpenGolfNewsThe Open Championship

New Zealand’s Danny Lee, along with Matthew Wolff and K.H. Lee, have withdrawn from the Open Championship, which begins Thursday at Royal St George’s. They will be replaced in the field by Andy Sullivan, Antoine Rozner and Troy Merritt.

An injury will keep Lee out of the field, while K.H. Lee, who won his first PGA Tour event at the AT&T Byron Nelson in May, will miss the year’s final Major due to the birth of his child.

Wolff, however, did not provide a reason for his withdrawal. The 22-year-old world No.35 did not play between the Masters and the US Open as he took time away from the game to focus on his mental health.

“I just – I think the biggest thing right now that I’m trying to do is enjoy myself again and just take care of myself really,” Wolff said at Torrey Pines, where he finished T-15. “I love these fans and I want to play well for them, but right now I’m just really trying to be happy and I, like I said, I live a great life and I want to enjoy it.”

He played in each of the following two weeks, missing the cut at the Travelers Championship and finishing T-58 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Wolff is now the fourth healthy top-50 player who will not be in the field at Royal St George’s. Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim opted to skip to focus on the Tokyo Olympics, where a medal would exempt both from mandatory Korean military service. Kevin Na will not make the trip due to “travel restrictions”.

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