Two-time champion Ernie Els has withdrawn from the British Open, the second time this 12 months he has chosen to not compete in massive championships.
The R&A didn’t give a purpose on Sunday for the withdrawal of the 55-year-old South African. Els was changed within the area by Si Woo Kim, who was subsequent on the alternate record taken from final week’s world rating.
Els gained the British Open at Muirfield in 2002 after a four-man playoff and once more in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes when Adam Scott misplaced a late lead.
Open champions are exempt to play till they’re 60.
Els additionally selected to not compete this 12 months in The Gamers Championship, for which he certified by profitable the Kaulig Firms Championship at Firestone in 2024.