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“It’s great,” Zalatoris said following his pro-am round before the\u00a0Cognizant Classic. “Because I’m able to go week in, week out, and now it’s just about executing.”<\/p>\n
According to the tour, Zalatoris withdrew because of a left ankle injury<\/a>. He will be replaced by Canadian golfer Ben Silverman.<\/p>\n Will Zalatoris lines up a put during the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.\u00a9 Aaron Doster-Imagn Images<\/p>\n (\u00a9 Aaron Doster-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n Earlier this week, Ben Griffin, who added three trophies to his cabinet last season, also decided to exit the field<\/a>. He reportedly decided a week’s rest before the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational would do him good.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Jacob Bridgeman joined Griffin on the sidelines. They were replaced by Jackson Suber and Lanto Griffin, respectively. Australian golfer Adam Scott, 45, also withdrew from the tournament, giving his spot to Chan Kim.<\/p>\n The 2019 Open Championship winner Shane Lowry and PGA Tour prodigal son Brooks Koepka, who is at home this week, are two of the big names remaining in the field. The former LIV golfer had to make a $5 million charitable donation to return to the tour.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n A total of $1 million of that went to the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, $1.5 million went to beneficiaries selected by Koepka, and $2.5 million went to recipients selected by PGA Tour members.<\/p>\n Related: LIV Golf Adds Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy in New Social Media Post<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Feb 26, 2026, where it first appeared in the Golf<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The field this week at the Cognizant Classic already lacked big names, but the situation in Palm Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[25853,18939,225757,2808,427,23873,99,28869],"class_list":{"0":"post-492858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ben-griffin","9":"tag-brooks-koepka","10":"tag-cognizant-classic","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-palm-beach-gardens","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-will-zalatoris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Will](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a7c6a6c888c59f7561fbc069332f589d.jpeg\"\/)
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