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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Paul Casey, stymied by a strained muscle in his rib cage, withdrew after playing six holes Thursday. He was even par when he walked off the Firestone Country Club course.
"Standing on the range when it's nice and warm, it's not too bad," he said. "But as soon as you get out there and it cools down and you've got to use the rest of the body to get the golf ball moving, it doesn't really feel good."
He said he had tweaked an old injury when he hit a practice shot out of the rough on Monday. In an attempt to relieve the discomfort, he made regular visits to the fitness trailer which follows the tour each week. But he didn't improve.
Casey said he had been told that it would take two to four weeks of rest to heal the injury properly.
"I've got to be careful because there's a lot of important golf left," he said. "FedEx Cup, Race to Dubai - a lot of big stuff. ... I'm going to get as much treatment as I can and just try to heal the thing."
GOOD TIMING: Eve Rose Fisher already has impeccable timing.
Her dad, Ross, was jousting for the lead at the British Open two weeks ago while mom Jo was pregnant with her. Even though Ross said he would leave Turnberry in an instant - in mid-round, if need be - to attend Eve's birth, he didn't have to.
She was born six days after Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a playoff for the claret jug, with her jittery first-time father tying for 13th with a closing 75.
Eve Rose's timing allowed her father to hurry home and spend some time before going through the entire birth experience.
"Awesome. It's a truly amazing experience, one I'd recommend to any male," her father said Thursday after shooting an even-par 70 in the opening round of the Bridgestone Invitational. "We're having quite fun. I've only been with her for just over a week, but it's really cool. Pretty amazing."
The 28-year-old Englishman - with Jo already four days overdue - birdied the first two holes at Turnberry to briefly take the final-round lead before a quadruple-bogey 8 on the fifth hole put an end to his shot at winning.
After Eve Rose made her appearance, the family was able to bond for a several days in Cheam, England, before Ross flew back to the States for this week's Bridgestone and next week's PGA Championship at Hazeltine. Jo's mother moved in for a while to help out in Ross' absence.
He said leaving home was difficult.
"Yeah, it's tough, but this is my job and what I choose to do and Jo's happy with that," he said. "I'm missing home and she's obviously missing me but it's only two weeks and then I've got three weeks off to look forward to."
Fisher had no problem focusing on his game.
"That's what I've come here to do," he said. "Soon as I've finished hopefully Sunday evening next week, then golf can be put to the back of my mind."
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