Olesen gets Hoylake spot after American Howell pulls out


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 05 Jul 2014

(Reuters) - World number 73 Charles Howell III will miss this month's British Open at Hoylake after deciding not to take up his exemption, organisers said in a statement on Friday.

The 35-year-old American, who qualified for the third major of the year through his ranking, is replaced by Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark.

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