PORTRUSH, Northern Eire — Two-time champion Ernie Els has withdrawn from the Open Championship, the second time this yr he has chosen to not compete in massive championships.
The R&A didn’t give a cause Sunday for the withdrawal of the 55-year-old South African. Els was changed within the subject by Si Woo Kim, who was subsequent on the alternate record taken from final week’s world rating.
Els received the Open at Muirfield in 2002 after a four-man playoff. He received 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 yr in The Gamers Championship, for which he certified by profitable the Kaulig Corporations Championship at Firestone in 2024.
