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Taniguchi exits Birkdale with back injury

Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:40am EDT

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SOUTHPORT (Reuters) - Japan's Toru Taniguchi withdrew from the British Open on Thursday, citing a back injury.

The 40-year-old, a 13-times winner on the Japan Tour, has been replaced by American Heath Slocum, the first alternate.

Slocum, 34, will make his debut in the world's oldest major championship.

(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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