French golfer Romain Langasque has withdrawn from the British Open after a nightmare eighth gap in Thursday’s opening spherical at Royal Troon Golf Membership.
Going through 25km/h winds on the notorious Postage Stamp, the 29-year-old’s first shot landed in fescue vegetation 30 yards wanting the inexperienced earlier than shanking his subsequent try over the inexperienced.
Langasque instantly eliminated his hat and handed his membership to his caddie, withdrawing from the occasion.
“I’m accomplished,” he declared.
The Frenchman, bowing out with a rating of +4 by eight holes, gestured in direction of his again earlier than shaking palms together with his crew and opponent Yuto Katsuragwa.
Langasque, who completed third finally week’s Scottish Open with a rating of -15, later defined that he had harm his again on the fourth gap, withdrawing on account of harm.
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Elsewhere, Australian star Cameron Smith narrowly prevented taking pictures his worst rating in a serious after a gap day that he described as “completely brutal”.
The previous world No. 2 teed off in essentially the most difficult circumstances on a testing day at Troon and was below strain instantly when triple-bogeying the second gap on the best way to taking pictures a 9-over 80.
In numerical phrases, it’s his highest rating in a serious, although he scored a 9-over 79 at Shinnecock Hills on a equally brutal day on the US Open in 2018. He managed to empty a good putt on the 18th for birdie, one in all three for the day, to keep away from a private document.
“It’s only a dangerous day, actually,” he mentioned.
“I imply, in the event you had instructed me yesterday that I used to be going to shoot that, I wouldn’t have mentioned that was potential. However (it was) only a little bit of a crappy begin and didn’t actually handle to carry any putts once I wanted to, to type of get again in it. It’s only a dangerous day and I had some dangerous breaks as properly.”
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