World number one Jon Rahm has withdrawn from the Players Championship with a stomach virus.
The Spaniard finished Thursday’s first round at one under par, but pulled out of the PGA Tour’s showpiece event before starting Friday’s second round.
He had played with world number two Scottie Scheffler and third Rory McIlroy at Sawgrass in Florida.
The 28-year-old has been in sensational form, winning five of the last 10 events he has entered.
In fact, Rahm, Scheffler and McIlroy have all won at least one event and all held first place this year.
If Scheffler or McIlroy win this week’s $25m (£21m) event, they will return to the top of the leaderboard and take home a top prize of $4.5m.
