San Francisco, California
18th - 21st June

Glasson withdraws because of elbow injury

San Francisco, 16th June 1998 - Bill Glasson, winner of seven career PGA titles, withdrew on Tuesday from the U.S. Open golf championship at the Olympic Club due to a recurring elbow injury.

Glasson, who tied for fifth this year at the BellSouth Classic, has played only three tournaments in 1998. He missed the cut at the Masters and withdrew after two rounds of the Colonial in his only two other events.

Taking Glasson's place in the 156-man field for the U.S. championship starting on Thursday is Perry Moss (of Shreveport, La.). Moss, the first alternate, was involved in a 5-for-1 playoff in sectional qualifying in Cincinnati won by Casey Martin.

Moss has won once on the Nike Tour, claiming victory in the 1992 Texarkana Open.