Ryan Fox has revealed the painful reason he had to withdraw from The Players Championship as he posted a pictiure from a hospital bed to explain.
Fox pulled out of the PGA Tour’s flagship event shortly before the start of the first round at TPC Sawgrass, with first reserve David Ford getting his spot in the field.
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Fox says he was struck down with the kidney stones on Tuesday night before having surgery on Thursday to rectify the problem.
“Not exactly the week I had planned here @theplayers. Unfortunately some kidney stones took me down on Tuesday night and then had to be dealt with surgically this afternoon,” Fox wrote on Instagram.
“Devastated to miss out on such an amazing event, hoping to have a quick recovery and be back at it soon.”
While Fox’s withdrawal is perfectly understandable, the timeline of events may raise a slight eyebrow as he says he suffered the problem on Tuesday night, yet his withdrawal was not made official until Thursday morning.
He was the second withdrawal on Thursday as Collin Morikawa tweaked his back after playing just one hole at Sawgrass and had to pull out.
Bettors and fantasy sports backers were dismayed with Morikawa‘s withdrawal after just a hole, and some are now wondering why Fox was only officially withdrawn hours before his tee time when such a serious health issue was known on Tuesday.
That’s no slight on Fox of course who was dealing with what is a hugely painful medical condition, but the communication from the PGA Tour is the interesting aspect.
As less for fans who may bet or play fantasy sports but more for the reserve players waiting to see if they’ll get in to the biggest tournament on the PGA Tour, more notice that Fox would obviously not be playing could possibly have been given.
Golf Monthly has contacted the PGA Tour for comment.
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