KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Reuters) - American Rickie Fowler will not defend his Korean Open title next week or play in the PGA Tour's $6.1 million CIMB Classic in Malaysia the following week because of a back problem, the 23-year-old said on Friday. The flamboyantly dressed world number 28 won his first professional title at the co-sanctioned Korean and OneAsia Tour event last year by six shots from current world number one Rory McIlroy. But a long-standing issue has robbed Korean organisers of their headline act for the event which starts on Thursday at the Woo Jeong Hills in Choongnam. "Unfortunately, while not serious, I have battled a back issue for the past few months, and my doctors have...
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