Too many 'aspirins' for Player at Augusta

AUGUSTA: South African Gary Player said this week's US Masters, his record 52nd appearance at the year's opening grand slam event, would be his last.

The 73-year-old, a three-time winner of the Green Jacket, said his 2009 tour of Augusta National Golf Club would mark his last appearance at a regular major championship.

"I am getting old," Player, winner of nine majors on the regular tour and nine more on the senior tour, told a news conference on Monday.