Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the PGA Tour’s 2024 Wells Fargo Championship simply minutes earlier than his weather-delayed first-round tee time on Thursday afternoon.
The 32-year-old from Japan cited a again injury as the rationale for his withdrawal, which brings the signature occasion area right down to 68 gamers after Ludvig Aberg withdrew earlier within the week.
Matsuyama hasn’t missed a lower in 10 begins on Tour this season and picked up his first win in two years again in February on the Genesis Invitational, the ninth victory of his profession on Tour. In 5 earlier Wells Fargo begins Matsuyama hadn’t missed the lower and bagged two top-25 finishes.
The injury and withdrawal have put Matsuyama’s standing for subsequent week’s 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, in query.
Hideki Matsuyama WD previous to the beginning of his first spherical on the Wells Fargo Championship on account of a again injury.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) May 9, 2024
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