Cameron Smith, the 2022 winner of the Players Championship, won’t be defending his title at TPC Sawgrass when the tournament begins Thursday.
That’s because he’s prohibited from doing so, having been banned by the PGA Tour for joining LIV Golf.
As a result, while McIlroy, Rahm, Scheffler and many other top players in the world will be teeing it up this week, Smith, who was ranked No. 2 in the world when he joined LIV, will be fishing. “Would it be better if the defending champion was here this week? Absolutely,” McIlroy, the 2019 Players winner, said Tuesday. “But he made a decision that he felt was the best thing for him, and he knew that decision was going to come with consequences.”
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