PGA Tour Q-Faculty’s ultimate stage is already down a participant.
Yubin Jang, the second highest-ranked participant within the area at No. 135 within the Official World Golf Rating, withdrew on Tuesday morning, the PGA Tour confirmed, although a cause was not supplied.
Nevertheless, the Korea Instances reported Tuesday that Jang was set to signal with LIV Golf, becoming a member of Iron Heads GC, the staff captained by Kevin Na.
There isn’t a alternate checklist for ultimate stage, so Jang’s vacated spot is not going to be stuffed. Which means the sector is now at 170 gamers, who might be competing for at the least 5 PGA Tour playing cards and different statuses below the PGA Tour umbrella.
Jang, a 22-year-old out of South Korea, was slated to tee off at 10 a.m. ET Thursday at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course alongside Johnny Keefer and Japan’s Kensei Hirata, who’s the sector’s highest-ranked participant at No. 114 on the planet. Jang, Keefer and Hirata had been Nos. 1 on the order of deserves for the Korean tour, PGA Tour Americas and Japan Tour, respectively, and now Keefer and Hirata will play the primary 36 holes as a twosome.
Along with claiming the KPGA’s cash checklist, Jang gained twice and posted 5 runners-up whereas main the tour in scoring and driving distance.
LIV can also be conducting its qualifying event, known as LIV Promotions, this week in Saudi Arabia, the place one spot on the Saudi-backed league might be up for grabs.
