Romain Langasque, competing in his fourth profession Open Championship, has withdrawn on account of a again damage.
After stepping as much as the tee on the par-3 eighth, the well-known 123-yard gap generally known as ‘The Postage Stamp,’ Langasque hit an 84-yard-tee shot into thick fescue nicely wanting the inexperienced. He slapped his second shot nicely over the placing floor and into extra bother. Then, Langasque determined that he had sufficient.
He circled, signaled to his caddy, took off his hat, and shook the strolling official’s hand, delivering the information that he wanted to go dwelling, per Christopher Powers of Golf Digest. He did the identical to his taking part in rivals, C.T. Pan and Yuto Katsuragawa.
Don’t doubt that Romain Langasque has a legit again damage however that is an all-time “fuck it I’m out” WD nonetheless pic.twitter.com/zjOI4j5nPt
— Christopher Powers (@CPowers14) July 18, 2024
Langasque sat at 3-over by way of seven holes, however his again clearly aided his poor play.
It’s an unlucky actuality for the Frenchman, who completed solo third eventually week’s Genesis Scottish Open. Langasque carded a 6-under 64 on Sunday to climb the leaderboard into the highest three. He even eagled the par-5 sixteenth like Robert MacIntyre, which definitely helped his ultimate standing.
He additionally performed nicely the week earlier than, tying for ninth on the BMW International Open. But his journey to the Open Championship was sadly short-lived, because it all ended on one of many shortest holes in golf.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be certain to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You can comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.
