Darren Clarke out of US Open due to groin injury
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British Open champion Darren Clarke has withdrawn from next month's U.S. Open in San Francisco because of a groin injury.
The 43-year-old Clarke told United States Golf Association officials on Monday that the problem that had bothered him for several weeks is still troubling him.
Clarke hasn't made a cut this year. He says: "I've not been able to get through the ball properly and I don't want to take any chances."
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Clarke says he wants to make sure he is 100 percent fit for the defense of his British Open title at Royal Lytham on July 19-22 and "has been advised not to play for a month."
The U.S. Open is at the Olympic Club from June 14-17.
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