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Thomas Bjorn will get a chance to redeem himself at Royal St. George's.
Three-time major champion Vijay Singh withdrew Monday from the British Open and was replaced in the field by Bjorn, who threw away a chance at winning the claret jug on this course eight years ago.
Bjorn had a two-shot lead playing the par-3 16th when he put his tee shot into the right bunker, then twice watched his shot roll back into the sand. He made double bogey, bogeyed the 17th to lose the lead and closed with a par to finish one shot behind shock winner Ben Curtis.
Singh, who got into the British Open as an alternate himself, had been dealing with back problems and had to withdraw from the AT&T National two weeks ago despite still being in contention going into the weekend.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/britishopen11/story/_/id/6757813/thomas-bjorn-replace-vijay-singh-field
Three-time major champion Vijay Singh withdrew Monday from the British Open and was replaced in the field by Bjorn, who threw away a chance at winning the claret jug on this course eight years ago.
Bjorn had a two-shot lead playing the par-3 16th when he put his tee shot into the right bunker, then twice watched his shot roll back into the sand. He made double bogey, bogeyed the 17th to lose the lead and closed with a par to finish one shot behind shock winner Ben Curtis.
Singh, who got into the British Open as an alternate himself, had been dealing with back problems and had to withdraw from the AT&T National two weeks ago despite still being in contention going into the weekend.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/britishopen11/story/_/id/6757813/thomas-bjorn-replace-vijay-singh-field
