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Graeme McDowell retired from the British Open Championship qualifier on Tuesday after his clubs were lost following a flight from France.
McDowell was to compete for a place at Carnoustie in qualifying at St. Anne's Old Links in Blackpool, with 72 players competing for the three available places
But the US Open Champions Clubs 2010 have disappeared after landing in Manchester after his 37th place at the Open de France on Sunday.
I officially retired @TheOpen qualifies tomorrow at St Anne's Old Links. I can not give 100% without my own equipment that was mismanaged by @AirFrance and must turn my attention to @DDFIrishOpen this weekend. Thank you for all the support.
– Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) 2 July 2018
And, having not been lucky in his attempts to locate them, the 38-year-old man chose to turn his He said on Twitter: "I officially retired from TheOpen qualifications tomorrow at St Anne's Old Links.I can not give 100% without my own equipment that has been mismanaged by airfrance and must focus my attention on DDFIrishOpen this weekend Thanks for all the support
"Many of you want to know why I do not take a grid game and give the best shot to enter TheOpen. Of course I could do it, but I would not do it and there will be 6 places available for the next two weeks at DDFIrishOpen and ScottishOpen. "
McDowell had already tweeted that he had established his clubs" in the dark "
The Northern Irishman was ranked fourth in the world in early 2011, six months after his superb triumph at the US Open at Pebble Beach.
175th in the world rankings after several lean seasons and likely to miss the British Open this year to be held on the Angus course from 19 to 22 July.
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