Paul Casey confirms to play WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Paul Casey has confirmed that he will participate in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, starting from February 22 to 26, 2012.
His shoulder was badly injured while he was snowboarding in Colorado. According to details, he had his shoulder dislocated in a small accident.
Due to the injury, Casey was unable to join the field of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Tournament in January.
Similarly, he will also be missing the Omega Dubai Desert Classic starting on February 9, in UAE.
"I've always played well in the desert and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is one of my favourite events of the year, so I will particularly hate sitting out that one," Casey said in January.
But he is confident to rejoin the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, as he is recovering fast. Sources close to Casey told that he will be able to play golf again by mid February.
Initially, it was expected that he would be going through a surgery phase. But his surgeons also spoke in favour of him and did not agree that he should undergo surgery.
The surgeon said that Casey was recovering rapidly.
Casey expressed, "The good news is that the experts I've seen say I don't need surgery and, having already started my rehabilitation exercises, I should be back hitting balls in a few weeks".
Guy Kinnings, his IMG Manager, shared the news during his presence in UAE that his surgery is in progress even faster than expected.
Casey, a 34-year-old American golf player, has won 13 professional events so far. He won the European Tour events 11 times and became one of the most successful golfers in Europe.
After recording massive victories on the European Tour, he is now looking forward to winning the PGA Tour events.
He made his debut win at PGA in 2009, at the Shell Houston Open. He scored 11-under par and 277 strokes in total.
Similarly, his best performance was at the TCL Classic, a European Tour event, where he scored a 22-under par and 266.
On the other hand, his highest lead at the European Tour was four strokes at ANZ Championship and Benson & Hedges International Open in 2003.
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