Jon Rahm’s Players Championship has actually come to a very early end.
On Friday mid-day, the rulingWorld No 1 WD would certainly from the Players Championship due to illness, finishing his perform at the PGA Tour’s front runner occasion prior to the begin of his 2nd round. Rahm’s 2nd round had actually been arranged to embark on at 12:56 p.m. neighborhood time, yet the 28-year-old Spaniard took out from the event quickly prior to 12:40 p.m. Tour authorities as well as the NBC program stated a “stomach bug” was to blame for the choice.
Prior to today, Rahm had actually been just one of the most popular golf enthusiasts active, riding a stretch of supremacy that reasserted him as the top-ranked golf enthusiast worldwide as well as brought 2 very early period PGA Tour success at the American Express as well asGenesis Invitational
The Players is the very first event Rahm will certainly play without getting to the weekend break because the Fortinet Championship in September 2021, finishing the Tour’s lengthiest touch of successive made cuts at 25.
There is a specific paradox to Rahm’s made-cut touch finishing below at the Players– the exact same event as well as week the PGA Tour revealed a collection of systemic adjustments consisting of, particularly, a brand-new collection of 8 no-cut occasions. The brand-new “designated events” layout has actually gotten here to much dispute at the Tour, though Rahm took his pre-tournament interview to voice his assistance of the adjustments.
“I haven’t had anybody coming to me disappointed about the changes, but a lot of people don’t like change at first,” Rahm stated. “I can see the logic in what they are disapproving of, but I think in the long run once you take a step back and you realize it truly is the best for everybody, it’s the best product for the PGA Tour, I think they will understand.”
Now, Rahm will certainly view from residence as the Tour give out its largest-ever bag at its 4th marked occasion because debuting the brand-new layout. It’s most likely we’ll see theWorld No 1 once again up until later on this month at the following marked occasion on the Tour routine, the Dell Match Play in Austin.
