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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

TIGER WILL MISS OPEN IF BABY IMMINENT

Tiger Woods is prepared to miss the Open at Carnoustie in July if the birth of his first child clashes with the third major of the season.
The Open championship takes place at Carnoustie from July 19-22, the same month as Woods’ Swedish wife Elin is expected to give birth.
“If it happens, it happens. If it crosses over, it crosses over,” Tiger told a news conference on Wednesday as he prepared for this week’s Buick Invitational at San Diego.
“That’s the most important thing, not another golf tournament. I just wouldn’t go. If she’s going to have it during the week of the Open, I just don’t go.”
Woods won last year's Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.