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Fans, social media react to Tiger Woods withdrawing from the 2024 Genesis Invitational

This is bad news for golf.

After an up-and-down day on Thursday, signing for a 1-over 72 during the first round of the Genesis Invitational in Pacific Palisades, California, at Riviera Country Club, Tiger Woods was 1 over through six holes on Friday before he withdrew from the tournament.

Woods’ swing looked a bit tight during his second round, not being able to get to his front side. A few broadcasters mentioned he was walking a bit gingerly on the range.

However, the PGA Tour Communications account posted the withdrawal was because of illness.

As you’d expect, there was plenty of reaction on social media following to bad news.

Here’s what fans around the game had to say about Tiger leaving the Genesis Invitational earlier than expected.

Lucas Glover WDs from 2024 WM Phoenix Open because he was going to miss his tee time

“I’m kicking myself but laughing at myself at the same time.”

Lucas Glover had never missed a tee time in his PGA Tour career.

That changed Thursday morning.

Glover withdrew before his 8:26 a.m. local tee time (10:26 a.m. ET) at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. As Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard reports, it was a simple misunderstanding.

“I just mid-read my text messages [that listed my tee time],” Glover told Golf Channel. “I’m kicking myself but laughing at myself at the same time.”

A PGA Tour official called Glover, who was in his hotel room, letting him know there was a minute until his tee time. That’s when he withdrew.

Ryo Hisatsune was the first alternate and got into the field with Glover withdrawing. The six-time PGA Tour winner finished T-58 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last week.

Glover was the sixth of seven WDs this week. Davis Riley (Sunday), Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Rodgers (Monday), Kevin Streelman (Tuesday) preceded him. Carl Yuan withdrew after his first round Thursday with a neck injury.

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C.T. Pan, in need of a strong finish to retain full status in 2024, withdrew from the 2023 RSM Classic

Pan withdrew from the RSM Classic on Thursday after playing nine holes citing a left wrist injury.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – C.T. Pan’s season ended early on Thursday.

Pan withdrew from the RSM Classic on Thursday after playing nine holes citing a left wrist injury.

Pan, 32, entered the final event of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season at No. 129 in the FedEx Cup point standings and in need of a strong finish to jump into the top 125 and retain full status for the 2024 season.

The winner of the 2019 RBC Heritage, Pan shot 6-over 42 on his first nine holes, the back nine at the Plantation Course at Sea Island Resort.

Pan, who played on the International Team at the 2019 Presidents Cup, recorded just three top-25 finishes this season. He finished the regular season at 120th but struggled during the FedEx Cup Fall: three missed cuts, two withdrawals and a T-9 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Pan should still have conditional status and be able to play out of the Nos. 126-150 category next season.

Alejandro Tosti forced to WD from Korn Ferry Tour event

A Korn Ferry Tour release reported Tosti’s forced withdrawal was due to a disciplinary matter.

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Alejandro Tosti, who entered this week’s Albertson’s Boise Open fourth on the Korn Ferry Tour points list, was forced to withdraw after the first round.

A Korn Ferry Tour release reported Tosti’s forced withdrawal was due to a disciplinary matter. The details of the issue and any related disciplinary action will be handled internally, the release said.

The 27-year-old, who went to college at Florida, has a win and eight top-10 finishes this season on the Korn Ferry Tour. Because of his position in the standings, he has earned enough points to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2024 season.

Tosti opened with a 4-under 67 on Thursday at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho.

Past champion Cameron Champ withdraws from 3M Open after birth of first child

Congrats to the Champs!

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BLAINE, Minn. — There aren’t many situations where past champions of a PGA Tour event will miss heading back to a place where they’ve made special memories.

Cameron Champ has a pretty good reason for withdrawing from the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, which he did Thursday morning before his scheduled afternoon tee time. Champ and his wife, Jessica Birdsong, welcomed their first child Sunday evening, a baby boy.

The three-time PGA Tour winner was going to try to make it to Minneapolis on Wednesday night or Thursday morning but decided to remain home.

Chris Stroud replaced Champ in the field.

Champ won the 3M Open in 2021 and needed a good week, as he sits 136th in the FedEx Cup standings with the playoffs beginning in two weeks.

Instead, he has a new trophy at home to take care of.

Mackenzie Hughes withdraws from 2023 Travelers Championship after first round due to illness

Hughes has a win and two top-10 finishes this season on Tour.

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Mackenzie Hughes withdrew from the 2023 Travelers Championship on Thursday afternoon after his first round due to illness.

The 32-year-old Canadian shot a 6-over 76 on the opening day of play at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, but really only played three poor holes. Hughes began his round on the back nine and made double bogey on the par-4 15th, bogey on the par-3 5th and a triple at No. 7, a par 4. He made par on the other 15 holes.

Hughes tweeted late Thursday explaining the situation, which began during the chartered flight from California to Connecticut on Monday. He’s dealing with kidney stones, he said.

Hughes has a win at the Sanderson Farms Championship and two top-10 finishes this season in 20 starts on the PGA Tour. He has cleared more than $3 million in earnings this season and currently sits No. 35 in the FedEx Cup standings.

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Oregon’s Gregory Solhaug withdraws from 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship due to scary foot injury

Scary situation.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It was a scary situation for Oregon junior Gregory Solhaug.

He was competing Saturday morning during the second round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club. While he was on a tee box, Solhaug stepped on a tee, and it went through his shoe and injured his foot, forcing him to be removed from the course and withdraw from the tournament.

Nate Krueger, the assistant athletic director of communications with Oregon, confirmed the incident with Golfweek.

Solhaug was 2 over through 10 holes (started on No. 10) when the accident happened, and his condition is unclear other than he had to withdraw.

Rick Nixon, the NCAA’s associate director for media coordination and statistics, provided this statement to Golfweek: “Oregon student-athlete, Gregory Solhaug, suffered a foot injury during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships and was forced to withdraw from competition. Oregon, which completed Saturday’s second round with four players, will have the option to substitute another player into their team lineup for subsequent competition rounds, as they deem appropriate.”

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Oregon shot 11 over during Saturday’s second round and sits at 23 over for the tournament heading into the third round.

Kevin Kisner and Ryan Fox withdraw from RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links

No reason was given for Kisner’s WD.

Two more players have withdrawn from the RBC Heritage.

Kevin Kisner withdrew following his opening round 8-over 79 at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Fox was 6 over in his first nine holes before withdrawing due to illness.

No reason was given for Kisner’s WD. He missed the cut last week at the Masters and has struggled this season, missing the cut in half of his 10 starts.

Fox made the weekend at Augusta National, finishing tied for 26th, The week before, he missed the cut at the Valero Texas Open.

He was even through four holes but then had three bogeys and a triple on the back nine Thursday at the RBC Heritage before WD’ing at the turn.

Viktor Hovland shot 7-under 64 in the morning wave and leads by one shot over Brian Harman.

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Rory McIlroy, who missed cut at the Masters, among those to withdraw from RBC Heritage

McIlroy was scheduled to be the first golfer to meet the media Tuesday at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Just days after posting scores of 72-77 at the 2023 Masters, Rory McIlroy has decided to withdraw from this week’s RBC Heritage.

McIlroy was scheduled to be the first golfer to meet the media Tuesday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The RBC is a designated event on the PGA Tour’s 2022-23 schedule, which means a total purse of $20 million and a first-place check of $3.6 million going to the winner.

The Tour announced that the field, which started with 146 golfers, is down to 143 and noted that “WDs will not be replaced by alternates unless needed to fill the field of 132.”

Will Zalatoris was on the RBC entry list but he announced Monday that he had back surgery two days ago and he would be out for the rest of the season.

Alex Noren withdrew from the RBC on Saturday; Jason Day did so on Sunday; Zalatoris officially did so on Monday, along with McIlroy.

Jordan Spieth is the defending champion at the RBC. He defeated Patrick Cantlay in a playoff a year ago. Cantlay is also listed in the field, as is Jon Rahm, fresh off his first Masters win, as well as Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland, Sungjae Im, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas.

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2023 Masters: Kevin Na withdraws after completing nine holes

Na, 39, completed nine holes at Augusta National in 4-over 40 before pulling out of the tournament.

AUGUSTA, Ga. —The field at the 87th Masters is down to 87 players as Kevin Na withdrew from the tournament during Thursday’s opening round.

Na, 39, completed nine holes at Augusta National in 4-over 40 before pulling out of the tournament and citing illness.

Na was making his 12th career start at the Masters. He is one of 18 LIV golfers in the field this year. Na has never finished in the top 10 at the Masters, but had recorded three straight top-15 finishes —T-13 in 2020, T-12 in 2021 and T-14 in 2022.

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Since leaving the PGA Tour last June to join LIV, Na has plummeted to 96th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He likely will have to win or have a top finish in one of the other majors, if he qualifies, to earn an invitation back to the Masters next year.

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