STERLING, Va. — Six-time main champion Phil Mickelson, who was initially listed as a candidate to play in subsequent week’s PGA Championship, has withdrawn from the event, citing “private household well being points,” the event introduced Tuesday afternoon.
Mickelson, 55, withdrew from the Masters in early April to take care of what his household described on the time as a “private well being situation.”
With Mickelson’s absence, Max Homa will be part of a renewed 154-player area when he tees off on the PGA Championship, to be held Might 14-17 at Aronimink Golf Membership in Newtown Sq., Pennsylvania.
The remaining two spots are reserved for the winners of this week’s PGA Tour occasions, the Truist Championship and ONEFlight Myrtle Seashore Traditional, if no others qualify.
As anticipated, four-time PGA Championship champion Tiger Woods is just not included on this listing. He’s believed to have entered a remedy program in Switzerland after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in March.
Mickelson, a two-time PGA Championship winner, has solely performed in one among LIV Golf’s six occasions this season. On the South African competitors on March twenty second, he tied for forty eighth place. He then withdrew from the ultimate LIV occasion in Mexico Metropolis in mid-April.
Mr. Mickelson has not publicly commented on the way forward for LIV Golf since Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund introduced it could stop funding after this season, however LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neill mentioned he spoke with Mr. Mickelson on Monday.
“I simply need to be actually delicate,” O’Neal mentioned. “All of us undergo private occasions in our lives and he is no totally different. I’ve a number of love and respect for him as an individual and definitely for what he is completed in his profession. His presence actually helps. I hope he is again quickly.”
“I miss his presence at occasions. He walks into any room and you’ll really feel his weight. It isn’t simply because he is a six-time main champion, he has gravitas. It comes with one thing rather more than profitable. In fact, he is one of many individuals who helps me.”
The PGA of America has granted a particular exemption to LIV Golf captain Dustin Johnson, who’s ranked No. 468 within the Official World Golf Rankings. The 2-time main champion has certified for 68 consecutive majors, lacking simply three as a consequence of damage or private causes.
“I’m very excited,” Johnson mentioned from LIV Golf Virginia. “I need to play each main. I really feel like my sport remains to be ok to compete with everybody and win. The PGA was type sufficient to offer me an invite, so yeah, I am very, very completely satisfied and grateful.”
Scottie Scheffler is the defending main champion for the second time this yr and returns to Aronimink for the primary time since Gary Participant gained in 1972.
This report used info from The Related Press.
