McKINNEY, Texas — Lower than 24 hours after successful his first main on the PGA Championship, Aaron Rye withdrew from this week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson Match.
SY Noh will take his place.
In a breakout efficiency Sunday at Aronimink, Rye made six birdies in his closing 10 holes, took the lead for good on the thirteenth, and rode the momentum with a 70-foot birdie putt over the seventeenth inexperienced.
He shot a 5-under 65 for a three-shot victory, changing into the primary British-born participant in additional than a century to win the PGA Championship.
Rye, 31, completed with a again 9 that ranks among the many finest in main championship historical past. The 2 earlier gamers to shoot a minimum of 6 underneath within the closing 10 holes of a serious had been Cameron Smith of St. Andrews, who received the British Open in 2022, and Jack Nicklaus, who received the Masters in 1986.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler, Si-woo Kim, Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka and Windham Clark are among the many golfers competing within the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which begins Thursday.
Andrew Putnam, Aldrich Potgieter, Chaeson Hadley, Michael Kim, Nicolai Hojgaard and Marco Penzi are among the different golfers who withdrew from the occasion after the PGA Championship.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
