Cromwell, CT (Sports Network) - U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson confirmed on
Wednesday that he will not play in next month's British Open due to the
impending birth of his second child.
Simpson, who went 68-68 over the weekend at Olympic Club to notch his first
major victory, will skip the trip to Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club as his
wife Dowd is due to give birth around the same time. The Open Championship is
scheduled from July 19-22.
"After winning it's certainly a little harder not to go because I'd love to go
and try to win another major," Simpson said Wednesday at the Travelers
Championship. "But in the grand scheme of things and grand scheme of life it's
a decision that I know I'll always be happy that I made.
"I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple
more babies, so I have the rest of my life to play in the British Open. I
don't want to miss the birth of the second child. So it's an easy decision."
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