Matthew Wolff pulled out of the Farmers Open Insurance Tournament Thursday after a first-round 78, citing an injury to his right.
Wolff struggled hard on Torrey Pines South Course, making a pair of three-part bogs while playing alongside Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka. At times Wolff showed signs of harassment, knocking his club into the turf.
In a statement posted on Instagram, Wolff said he has struggled to play through the injury but that his condition was “unfortunately getting worse over the 24 years. an hour. ”
“It has become clear that I have to make the difficult but right decision to deal with the pain properly so that I can play at 100% as soon as possible,” he wrote.
After a pair of runners to start the 2020-21 season, Wolff failed to finish better than 40th in his four starts. He was scheduled to be in the field next week at the Waste Management Open Competition but his status for that event is uncertain.
After Wolff withdraws, McIlroy and Koepka will play as a couple Friday on the North Course, starting at 12:30 pm ET.