Two-time main champion Jon Rahm has confirmed he has withdrawn from the 124th US Open as a consequence of a foot damage.
Rahm withdrew from the LIV Golf League occasion in Houston throughout Saturday’s second spherical due to an an infection in his left foot, then arrived for his pre-tournament press convention at Pinehurst No 2 sporting one shoe and one flip-flop.
The Spaniard mentioned on Tuesday he was uncertain if he would compete to the damage, which he admitted was a “concern”, then confirmed later that night he had withdrawn from this week’s main.
In an announcement launched on his social media, Rahm mentioned: “After consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health, to withdraw from this week’s US Open Championship.
“To say I am dissatisfied is a large understatement! I want all my friends the very best of luck and need to thank all the USGA employees, volunteers and neighborhood of Pinehurst for internet hosting and placing on what I am certain will likely be a tremendous championship! Hopefully I will be again in motion earlier than later!”
The world No 8 had been as a consequence of tee off at 1.36pm native time (6.36pm BST) on Thursday alongside fellow former Masters champions Hideki Matsuyama and Jordan Spieth, however will now get replaced within the area.
His withdrawal implies that there’ll solely be 12 LIV Golf League gamers in motion, the place Wyndham Clark returns as defending champion after final 12 months’s one-shot win over Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler arrives as pre-tournament favorite.
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How has damage impacted Rahm?
Rahm completed tied-Forty fifth in his title defence at The Masters in April and missed the lower ultimately month’s US Open, though had posted top-10 finishes in each LIV Golf League occasion this season earlier than his withdrawal in Houston.
“Could I have dragged myself out there (on Saturday) and posted some kind of a score? Yeah,” Rahm defined in Tuesday’s press convention. “But it was getting to a point where I wasn’t making the swings I wanted to make, and I could have hurt other parts of my swing just because of the pain.”
Requested how he had suffered the damage, Rahm added: “We’ve been trying to figure it out because I think that the closest term would be a lesion on the skin. If I were to show you, it’s a little hole in between my pinky toe and the next toe.
“I do not understand how or what occurred, nevertheless it received contaminated. The ache was excessive. On the Saturday spherical, Saturday morning, I did get a (painkilling) shot to numb the realm. It was imagined to final the entire spherical and by my second gap I used to be in ache already. The an infection was the worrisome half.
Jon Rahm was on the lookout for his first worldwide victory since his Masters success final April
“The infection is now controlled, but there’s still swelling and there’s still pain. There’s a reason I walked out here in a shoe and a flip-flop, trying to keep the area dry and trying to get that to heal as soon as possible. But I can only do what I can do. The human body can only work so fast.”
Rahm will likely be hoping to be match to return for the subsequent LIV Golf League occasion, which takes place in Nashville from June 21-23. He’s then scheduled to tee it up on house soil on the LIV Golf Andalucia occasion from July 12-14, forward of The Open at Royal Troon the next week.
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