The 67-year-old bowed out of the series after 14 years playing DCI Tom Barnaby.
This time around, all of the major Democrats -- former Gov. Jim Hunt and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, for example -- have bowed out of the race, leaving a fairly thin Democratic field.
Hopes of an all-British final in the Samsung Open were dashed when Arvind Parmar , who might have played Rusedski, bowed out in the quarter-finals.
Yet another open seat yawns in the impoverished Delta region in the south-east, where Marion Berry, a Clinton administration official who won his seat in 1996, also bowed out of a re-election bid in late January for health reasons.
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Already reeling after losing Rose in the opener, the top-seeded Bulls bowed out in the first round.
Lazio jumped into the race mid-stream when Giuliani bowed out, announcing he had prostate cancer.
The 31-year-old, who bowed out of Test cricket after England's Ashes win on Sunday, went under the knife on Monday.
Serbian Djokovic, the 2007 champion, successfully defended his Dubai title last month but bowed out in the last-16 at Indian Wells two weeks ago.
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Even after Fowler bowed out with a 7-iron that came up short and into the water and another shot in the water that led to triple bogey on the par-5 16th hole, Justin Rose was still in the picture only two shots behind.
Ms Park, 60, who is aiming to become South Korea's first female president, had been seen as the front-runner until Mr Ahn bowed out.
All three players then parred the 18th, the opening play-off hole, before Campbell bowed out at the 17th where McNeill had a chance of victory, only to miss a birdie putt from 20-feet.
In other matches John Parrott bowed out at the first hurdle after a 5-2 loss to Cambridgeshire cueman Joe Perry, who will now meet last season's UK champion Peter Ebdon.
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The North Africans bowed their heads in disappointment after showing less class in the shoot-out.
And even though they bowed out of the FA Trophy last weekend with a 4-1 defeat at Chippenham Town, Smith believes that was very much down to cup fever.
Deep in stoppage time McCammon hit the post from Sweeney's free-kick but that was as good as it got for Wise's side, who bowed out with their heads held high.
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