The Spaniard, who had started the tournament with a card of 71 strokes, could not appear at the start of the second day
Jon Rahm, during the first day of The Players
the spanish golfer Jon Rahm withdrew “due to illness” this Friday from The Players, a prestigious PGA event considered the fifth ‘major’, as announced by the organization shortly before the start of the second day in Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida).
Rahm, number one in the world, did not jump to the American tour along with his two pursuers in the world ranking, Scottie Scheffler y Rory McIlroy, as scheduled. The Basque golfer had started the tournament on Thursday with a card of 71 shots.
the one of the barrel He could not continue the assault on one of the most mythical tournaments on the Circuit, a favorite as a three-time champion this season, in the absence of more details about this “disease”.
number one in the world
Now, both Scheffler and McIlroy can take the world number one from Barrika, the trio has been fighting since July 2021.
On February 19, Rahm won the PGA Genesis Invitational, his third win in just a month and a half (Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii and The American Express), to regain the world throne he had last held in March of 2022.
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