Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from The Players Championship on Friday.
The tournament cited an illness as the reason for Rahm’s withdrawal. He shot a 1-under 71 on Thursday in the first round of the tournament.
Rahm entered The Players as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Rankings and was grouped with Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy for the first two rounds of the tournament. Scheffler and McIlroy are the two players directly behind Rahm in the OWGR and have both spent significant time at No. 1 over the past year.on the PGA Tour. Rahm hadn't missed a cut in 25 starts dating back to the 2021 Fortinet Championship.
Rahm surged to the No. 1 spot with an incredible start to 2023. He won the Sentry Tournament of Champions and the American Express in back-to-back starts in January and won the Genesis in February. Before finishing tied for 39th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational a week ago thanks to consecutive 76s, Rahm hadn’t finished lower than eighth in a tournament during the entire 2022-23 PGA Tour season.
Rahm was seven strokes back of Chad Ramey after the first round on Thursday. He was three shots back of Scheffler after their round together and five ahead of McIlroy.
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