Golf: 9 Players Withdraw from Wells Fargo Championship

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Published: May 2, 2013

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Unusually cool and rainy conditions in the Southeast this spring have made the smoothness of the greens an issue at Quail Hollow for the Wells Fargo Championship. Nine PGA Tour players who committed to play in the tournament have decided to forgo the discomfort of dealing with the bumpy, peanut brittle-like greens.

The thermometer is normally north of the 80 degree mark for late April and early May in North Carolina, which provides excellent growing conditions for greens and fairways. The temperature will struggle to get into the low 70s this week, and more rain is in the forecast.

Several expanses on the greens at Quail Hollow have no grass and spotty clumps on many of the putting surfaces.  Uncertain putting surfaces apparently affect the health of a PGA Tour professional and create other physical ailments that require withdrawal.

David Toms, Jeff Overton, Mark Wilson, Freddie Jacobson, Dustin Johnson, Ian Poulter, Vijay Singh, Ben Crane and Retief Goosen have injuries, real or imagined, and have chosen to withdraw from the Wells Fargo Championship this week.

Golf offers a fair supply of bad bounces without the aid of less than perfect greens. Evidently, several players feel the need not to risk the chance of affecting their pure putting strokes, as well as add more stress to their already brittle mental state.

The PGA Tour requires players to commit to a tournament by 5:00 PM on the Friday before the event. Players are independent contractors and can withdraw anytime prior to the start of the tournament, although it is frowned upon by tour officials. Alternates are on site and on call to fill the open spots when a player decides to withdraw. 

John Daly was the ninth alternate when he won the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick. It is not uncommon for players to withdraw from a tournament, but it is uncommon for nine of them to withdraw.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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