{"id":532362,"date":"2026-03-19T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:19:10","slug":"6-golfers-have-now-withdrawn-from-pga-tours-valspar-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532362\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Golfers Have Now Withdrawn From PGA Tour\u2019s Valspar Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Valspar Championship is set to tee off in fewer than 24 hours, but the tournament received some tough last-minute news regarding a few of the best names in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">On Monday, Keith Mitchell, Robert MacIntyre, Sudarshan Yellamaraju and William Mouw all withdrew from the Valspar Championship. As a result of their decisions to drop out of the tournament, Doug Ghim, Andrew Putnam, Kris Ventura and Justin Lower will all be in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Those four withdrawals weren&#8217;t the last of the bad news for the Valspar Championship, though, as two more top golfers opted to leave the tournament as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More NFL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/kenneth-walker-replacement-could-be-former-seahawks-rival-11674908\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Walker Replacement Could Be Former Seahawks Rival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11698315\" alt=\"Six golfers withdrew from the Valspar Championship this week.\" caption=\"Akshay Bhatia of The United States poses with the trophy and his wife Presleigh Bhatia after his play-off win in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2026 at Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course on March 08, 2026 in Orlando, Florida.\" credit=\"(Photo by David Cannon\/Getty Images)\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5404\" height=\"3687\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2265492089.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More Olympics:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/olympics-under-fire-after-usa-wins-rigged-gold-medal-over-canada-11564153\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympics Under Fire After USA Wins \u2018Rigged\u2019 Gold Medal Over Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">On Tuesday afternoon, Max Greyserman opted to withdraw from the tournament which opened a spot for fan-favorite Joel Dahmen. Just a day later, one of the best golfers in the world decided to take his name out of the running for the tournament title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Akshay Bhatia, who took down Daniel Berger in a playoff to win the prestigious Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier this month, withdrew from the tournament after recording five straight finishes of T-16 or better. Sam Ryder, perhaps most known for his hole-in-one on the iconic No. 16 at the Waste Management, will get a spot in the field after Bhatia&#8217;s decision to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The Valspar Championship still has plenty of big names like Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland all competing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/sports-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/packers-floated-as-landing-spot-for-surprise-qb-after-losing-malik-willis-11674462\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Packers Floated as Landing Spot for Surprise QB After Losing Malik Willis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Valspar Championship is set to tee off in fewer than 24 hours, but the tournament received some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,34592,3332,99],"class_list":["post-532362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-pga","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532362","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=532362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}