Maggert withdraws from PGA event after brother's death

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AFP) — US veteran Jeff Maggert withdrew from the PGA Players Championship after his older brother Barry died in an airplane crash in Colorado.

Maggert told officials of the nine million-dollar event that he was pulling out Thursday after learning of the death.

The elder Maggert was flying to see his 23-year-old son Lee's graduation from the University of Colorado on Friday when the plane crashed 40 miles west of Denver.

Jeff Maggert, who has won three PGA titles, fired a par 72 in Thursday's opening round of the Players Championship, six strokes off the first-day pace set by Spain's Sergio Garcia.

Maggert, 44, has not finished better than 23rd in any event this season, with four missed cuts. His most recent tour title came...