Sahith Theegala has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow due to a neck injury, tournament officials announced Wednesday.
This same ailment was the cause of his withdrawal from the Truist Championship on Sunday.
Theegala had begun that event with rounds of 69 and 71 before falling to last place in the field with a 78 (+8) on Saturday. After an initial birdie in the third round, he accumulated four bogeys, a double bogey, and a triple bogey before withdrawing.
Theegala, ranked No. 31 in the world, has only missed one cut this season on the PGA Tour, but has struggled to compete, recording only one top-20 finish (T-17, Genesis).
Alex Smalley replaces Theegala in the PGA field, the second major of the season that begins Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
