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Levet loses Open fitness fight

ESPN staff
July 6, 2011
Thomas Levet will have to watch the Open from the comfort of his own living room © PA Photos
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Thomas Levet has pulled out of the Open Championship after being advised his leg injury will not heal in time to enable him to take his place in the field at Royal St George's next week.

Levet celebrated his Open de France success last Sunday with a dip in the lake by the 18th green and it came at a cost as the impact caused a small fracture to his shin.

The Frenchman pulled out of this week's Scottish Open and has now admitted defeat in his bid to be fit for the third major of the year.

"I am extremely disappointed to miss out on the Open Championship, but my specialist has advised me to have an operation on the fracture tomorrow morning," Levet said. "I will have screws and a plate inserted which will ensure that my shin recovers completely.

"I will be off for six weeks, which is very bad timing with so many important tournaments coming up.

"However, the wonderful memory of winning my national Open will definitely keep me going through my recovery!"

His place at Sandwich goes to American Robert Garrigus - with Anthony Kim, Simon Dyson and Thomas Bjorn the next three reserves.

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