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GOLF: PGA: Olazabal's Aloha return

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Jose Maria Olazabal will finally return to golf in Spain this week more than seven months after his last appearance.

The double Masters champion, out of action since last August because of rheumatic pains in his shoulders and groin, has been given a late sponsors' invitation to the Andalucian Open at Aloha, which starts on Thursday.

The event, won by Ryder Cup team-mate Lee Westwood last year, gives 42-year-old Olazabal the competitive outing he wanted before flying across the Atlantic for next week's Houston Open and then the big one - The Masters at Augusta on April 10-13.

His last tournament was the last major of last year, the US PGA Championship, and having already pulled out of The Open at Carnoustie his problems were apparent there as he missed the halfway cut with rounds of 75 and 80.

After withdrawing from the World Cup in November, Olazabal said: "Even sitting down for any length of time has been painful, but the good news is that tests indicate a marked improvement and my long-term aim is to get back in action in January.

"I've seen a lot of doctors and they've done all kinds of tests. They know it's some kind of rheumatism, but they don't know what has caused it and it's just a matter of treating the symptoms until they go away.

"I believe I have another five or six good years in me and I want to be playing as soon as possible."

However, it is only now that he feels well enough to resume his career. notas_de_prensa_archivo