{"id":1242416,"date":"2023-03-10T18:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/world-number-one-jon-rahm-withdraws-from-players-championship-due-to-illness\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:56:12","slug":"world-number-one-jon-rahm-withdraws-from-players-championship-due-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/world-number-one-jon-rahm-withdraws-from-players-championship-due-to-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"World number one Jon Rahm withdraws from Players Championship due to illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Rahm has withdrawn from the Players Championship ahead of his second round because of illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, ranked world number one, had recorded a one-under-par 71 in his first round on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm tops the FedExCup standings having won three tournaments, most recently the Genesis Invitational last month.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jon Rahm has withdrawn from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEPLAYERSChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@THEPLAYERSChamp<\/a> due to illness. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hgYdt5HK1Y\">pic.twitter.com\/hgYdt5HK1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1634246990904041563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>He had been due to tee off alongside American Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who are both in position take over the number one spot with good results this week.<\/p>\n<p>With the second round well under way, lowly-ranked American Chad Ramey maintained his one-shot advantage prior to taking to the course again.<\/p>\n<p>Collin 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