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Casey replaces Bennett
in World Cup team
England golfer Warren Bennett is out of next week's World Cup in Japan after
withdrawing from the Volvo Masters in Jerez.
The 30-year-old from Kent suffered a recurrence of the ankle ligament injury
which forced him to pull out of the Dunhill Links championship and Madrid Open
last month.
Bennett, who believes the hilly Montecastillo course is responsible for his
relapse, wasted no time letting rookie Paul Casey know that he will now partner
Ian Poulter in the £3million event, which offers a million dollars to the
winning team and has Tiger Woods and David Duval defending the title they won
in Argentina last December.
"I don't want to take the risk of flying there and not being fit,"
said Bennett, whose career has been blighted by various injuries and was looking
forward to his professional international debut.
"I think it's important to be fair both to Ian and to Paul, who was waiting
to hear whether or not he would replace me.
"Also I feel that it is in my long-term interests to rest the ankle.
"It's unbelievable. To be honest I would not have come here if I had known
how much strain this course was going to put on it.
"I woke up on Thursday with a really sharp pain, but it felt better after
about 20 minutes and while it didn't feel 100 per cent I thought I was OK to play.
I had it strapped and there was only a dull ache.
"I had treatment, but when I got up this morning it was bruised and there
was no way I could continue.
"I was told it would probably take six weeks when it happened coming off
a tee at Kingsbarns practising for the Dunhill (three weeks ago). But it felt
strong and in Italy it was fine.
"But that was a fairly flat course. This one puts so much strain on it."
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