Beef relapses and must shorten his season

Andrew “Beef” Johnston injured his thumb again and announced that he would end his season. He had missed the last three weeks of competition.

Health problemsAndrew « Beef » Johnston began in 2017 during its only season on the PGA Tour with a back and thumb injury. The problems with this finger have become much more serious over the years. He was close to calling time on his career and was unable to play in 2022 and much of 2023.

But the Englishman made his return to the game in November 2023 during theInvestec SA Open Championshipwhere he missed the cut. Since then, his results have slowly improved until his very good third place at theOmega European Masters where he missed the play-off by nothing.

End of season

Johnston confirmed on Instagram that he will now press the ” reset button » to prepare for the 2024-2025 season. “ I haven’t played the last few weeks and my thumb isn’t 100%, so it looks like the season is over for me “, he wrote.

Even if he could have obtained a medical exemption, the winner of the2016 Spanish Open has already secured his card for next season. He occupies 94th place in the Race to Dubai two tournaments from the end of the regular season. He played 15 tournaments this year for nine validated cuts.

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