Bjorn misses Dunhill
Thomas Bjorn is to miss this week’s Dunhill Links championship in Scotland after being taken to hospital on his return home from the Seve Trophy.
The Ryder Cup Dane, runner-up in last month’s US PGA championship, complained of throat and ear trouble before his singles defeat to David Howell at The Wynyard and missed the closing ceremony.
After flying back to London an ambulance was called, a spokesperson for his management company said, and Bjorn, suffering from what is thought to be a viral infection, is being kept in hospital for 48 hours for observation.
Missing this week’s event is a big blow to his hopes of winning the European Order of Merit for the first time.
The 34-year-old currently lies seventh, but would have gone third by winning at St Andrews on Sunday and would have moved onto the heels of top two Michael Campbell and Retief Goosen, neither of whom are in the Dunhill field.
He hopes to be well enough to fly to San Francisco for next week’s American Express world championship.
