The iconic English golfer, winner of the Valderrama with 10 million dollars”>2016 Spanish Open at Valderrama, has decided with a heavy heart to withdraw from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship due to injury. His return is currently unscheduled.
Andrew « Beef » Johnston, one of the friendliest players on the European Tour, recognizable from miles away by his flowery beard, will not be at the start this Thursday of theAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the first Rolex Series of the 2022 season DP World Tour.
The 32-year-old Englishman was indeed injured again. ” I picked up another injury and I can’t play in Abu Dhabi, he explained on his account Instagram. This is obviously not what I wanted. Especially after the season I just signed. I was ready to resume with the hope of not being handicapped by the slightest injury… »
Unfortunately, it failed. Author of a very solid season with twelve cuts made in eighteen starts, Johnston notably took 6th place in the last BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth (England) before finishing in 64th place in the Race thanks to four top 10 finishes.
Very popular in Great Britain, “Beef” had announced that he suffered from psychological problems in the summer of 2019, which were quickly alleviated by the birth the same year of his daughter, Harley Noelle.
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