Two-time main champion Jon Rahm has confirmed he has withdrawn from the 124th US Open resulting from a foot damage.
Rahm withdrew from the LIV Golf League occasion in Houston throughout Saturday’s second spherical due to an an infection in his left foot, then arrived for his pre-tournament press convention at Pinehurst No 2 sporting one shoe and one flip-flop.
The Spaniard mentioned on Tuesday he was uncertain if he would compete to the damage, which he admitted was a “concern”, then confirmed later that night he had withdrawn from this week’s main.
In an announcement launched on his social media, Rahm mentioned: “After consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health, to withdraw from this week’s US Open Championship.
“To say I am disillusioned is an enormous understatement! I want all my friends the very best of luck and need to thank the entire USGA employees, volunteers and group of Pinehurst for internet hosting and placing on what I am positive will probably be an incredible championship! Hopefully I will be again in motion ahead of later!”
The world No 8 had been resulting from tee off at 1.36pm native time (6.36pm BST) on Thursday alongside fellow former Masters champions Hideki Matsuyama and Jordan Spieth, however will now get replaced within the discipline by Jackson Suber.
Suber, who has two top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour this season, was the primary alternate from the Last Qualifier occasion in Rockville earlier this month and can now make his main debut.
Rahm’s withdrawal signifies that there’ll solely be 12 LIV Golf League gamers in motion, the place Wyndham Clark returns as defending champion after final yr’s one-shot win over Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler arrives as pre-tournament favorite.
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How has damage impacted Rahm?
Rahm completed tied-Forty fifth in his title defence at The Masters in April and missed the minimize ultimately month’s PGA Championship, though had posted top-10 finishes in each LIV Golf League occasion this season earlier than his withdrawal in Houston.
“Could I have dragged myself out there (on Saturday) and posted some kind of a score? Yeah,” Rahm defined in Tuesday’s press convention. “But it was getting to a point where I wasn’t making the swings I wanted to make, and I could have hurt other parts of my swing just because of the pain.”
Requested how he had suffered the damage, Rahm added: “We’ve been trying to figure it out because I think that the closest term would be a lesion on the skin. If I were to show you, it’s a little hole in between my pinky toe and the next toe.
“I do not know the way or what occurred, however it obtained contaminated. The ache was excessive. On the Saturday spherical, Saturday morning, I did get a (painkilling) shot to numb the world. It was speculated to final the entire spherical and by my second gap I used to be in ache already. The an infection was the worrisome half.
Jon Rahm was searching for his first worldwide victory since his Masters success final April
“The infection is now controlled, but there’s still swelling and there’s still pain. There’s a reason I walked out here in a shoe and a flip-flop, trying to keep the area dry and trying to get that to heal as soon as possible. But I can only do what I can do. The human body can only work so fast.”
Rahm will probably be hoping to be match to return for the subsequent LIV Golf League occasion, which takes place in Nashville from June 21-23. He’s then scheduled to tee it up on residence soil on the LIV Golf Andalucia occasion from July 12-14, forward of The Open at Royal Troon the next week.
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