Eddie Pepperell has been forced to pull out of the DP World Tour Championship.

The Abingdon golfer went into the Dubai event struggling with a back problem, and had two injections last week in a bid to be fit.

He shot a three-over-par 75 in his opening round yesterday.

And today the Frilford Heath member had dropped another two shots after 13 holes, before calling it a day.

Pepperell birdied the second and tenth holes, but hit bogeys on the third, ninth, 12th and 13th.