There was a late, late withdrawal from the Cognizant Classic as Will Zalatoris pulled out just ahead of the first round at PGA National.
The 29-year-old was due to make his third PGA Tour start of the year in Palm Beach Gardens, and was part of the main featured group that included Brooks Koepka.
No official word has come through about the reson for the withdrawal, but hopefully it’s nothing too serious and not related to the back injury that’s plague him in recent years.
Zalatoris had multiple back operations over two years to try and sort out the discs in his back he recently decribed as being “like Jenga pieces” and had hoped the worst was behind him.
He finished a creditable T18 at the American Express in January in his first start in the United States since missing the cut at the PGA Championship last May.
“This is the first time I would say in four years that I haven’t been able to not have any sciatica down my legs,” Zalatoris said at the American Express.
“This time around I’m pushing myself in the gym harder than I ever have. I’m able to do the things that I haven’t been able to do for years.”
Playing on a major medical exemption this season, Zalatoris followed up with a missed cut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in his last appearance on Tour.
He wasn’t ranked high enough to make the field at the WM Phoenix Open or the following Signature Events at Pebble Beach and the Genesis Invitational, but had hoped to to push on at the Cognizant Classic before his late, late withdrawal.
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