If Marcel Siem was going to have even a remote chance of catching Rory McIlroy for the European Tour’s Race to Dubai crown, he had to win the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday.
That bubble burst during Siem’s warm-up in the gym, when he dislocated a rib. However, Siem, who trailed the lead by a shot heading into the final round, knew he had to give it a shot and played on anyhow.
“It’s something I haven’t done for a year now because of my surgeries,” he said after his round, according to the Daily Mail. “I couldn’t really do it, and dislocated my rib. I thought I can’t even tee it up. Then my physio tried to crack it back in, didn’t work and we went to see the chiropractor and they pushed it back in.”
The German was pretty well medicated when he teed it up, but still managed to shoot 1-under 71. Unfortuantely, that wasn’t good enough to get the job done.
“I had like 1,600 milligrams of ibuprofen,” he said. “I couldn’t have a proper back swing, but I played all right. I don’t want to blame it on anything, to be honest.”
Even if Siem had managed a miracle win, he would have needed another win at this week’s DP World Tour Championship and some help from McIlroy to claim the $ 1.25 million season-long prize.
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