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The 38-year-old from Northern Ireland traveled
from Charles de Gaulle airport to Manchester for a 36-hole
qualifier at St Annes near Blackpool, bidding for a spot at this
year's third major at Carnoustie later this month.
"I have officially withdrawn from @TheOpen qualifying tomorrow
at St Anne’s Old Links. I cannot give 100% without my own
equipment which has been mishandled by @AirFrance and must turn
my attention to @DDFIrishOpen this weekend," he tweeted.
"Lots of you wanting to know why I don’t grab a set off the rack
and give it my best shot to get in @TheOpen...
"Of course I could do this, but wouldn’t be firing on all
cylinders and there are 6 spots up for grabs next 2 weeks at
@DDFIrishOpen and @ScottishOpen."
Former world number four McDowell, who is now 175th in the
rankings, has cut his losses to focus on the Irish Open, which
begins on Thursday in County Donegal. The Scottish Open is
scheduled to start in Gullane the following Thursday.
Three Open places are up for grabs at both tournaments for the
leading non-exempt players who secure top-10 finishes.
"Flew into Manchester last night from Charles de Gaulle
(Airport) and my golf clubs are untraceable," McDowell, the 2010
U.S. Open winner, earlier wrote on Twitter.
"Clubs still not on way from Paris. Established that they are in
the black hole known as CDG," he added.
The 147th Open begins on July 19.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru and Ken Ferris in London;
Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Rory Carroll)
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