With the return of Tiger Woods, both stars in the midst of a Ryder Cup “split” are retiring from PGA Tour events.
With the return of Tiger Woods, both stars in the midst of a Ryder Cup “split” are retiring from PGA Tour events.
Tiger Woods will play in his first PGA Tour event in seven months at the upcoming Hero World Challenge, but will not be joined by original players Xander Schappelle and Patrick Cantlay.
Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele have pulled out of this month’s Hero World Challenge after it was announced that Tiger Woods would be returning to the competition.
Cantlay and Schauffele were initially listed as two of the 19 players competing in the event held at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.
A spot in the 20-man field became vacant due to a “not yet determined tournament exemption” and Woods, who has not competed since withdrawing from the Masters last April, filled the spot.
Although Woods’ long-awaited return has been confirmed, two tournament withdrawals have been reported, with Cantlay and Schaupelli now deciding to skip the year-end event in the Caribbean.
Their decision to skip the limited-overs comes more than a month after the pair were knocked out of the Ryder Cup in Rome.
Cantley and Schauffele were both part of the 12-man USA team that lost 16.5-11.5 to Marco Simone’s European rivals.
It was a week to forget on and off the course for the Americans, especially Cantlei and Schauffele.
Sports Base reported on the second day of the incident that the first incident led to a “division” in the U.S. national team locker room. due to players not being paid the salaries they need to compete in team events.
The report claimed that Kantlay and Schaufele, said to be close friends, were sitting apart from other teammates in the US locker room, a claim later denied by the US camp.
Cantlay also reportedly decided not to wear the cap because he wasn’t paid the salary he needed to represent his country.
Cantlay denied there was any unrest within the squad, but the former FedEx Cup champion did not deny his frustration at not being paid for the game.
Asked about the Romanian problem, he said: “It’s not that.
This is about Team USA and representing our country.
When pressed, he replied again, “That’s all I have to say…” The hat doesn’t fit.
It didn’t hit Whistle Strait and it didn’t this week either. Everyone knows that.”
Schauffele defended his father, claiming his comments about the salary were “perverse”. American teammate Patrick Cantlay was replaced by European rival Justin Rose and compatriot Lucas Glover at this month’s event in the Bahamas.
