{"id":51321,"date":"2022-08-20T20:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-zalatoris-withdraws-from-bmw-championship-with-back-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T20:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T20:01:48","slug":"will-zalatoris-withdraws-from-bmw-championship-with-back-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-zalatoris-withdraws-from-bmw-championship-with-back-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Zalatoris withdraws from BMW Championship with back injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WILMINGTON, Del.  &#8212; Will Zalatoris felt pain in his lower back and withdrew after four holes Saturday at the BMW Championship, saying he wanted to be ready for the FedEx Cup finale next week.<\/p>\n<p>Zalatoris is coming off his first PGA Tour victory last week to start the PGA Tour&#8217;s postseason.  The win moved him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and to No.  9 in the world.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>He was 1 under for the day and 4-under par for the tournament &#8212; four shots out of the lead at the time &#8212; when he tweaked his lower back on a shot on the third hole.  He got treatment on the course, played the next hole and the pain did not subside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He felt that it was best to withdraw from the BMW Championship so he can work with his trainer the next few days to get the inflammation to calm down. Will looks forward to playing next week in Atlanta,&#8221; Zalatoris&#8217; manager, Allen Hobbs, said.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour season ends next week with the Tour Championship at East Lake, where all 30 players who qualify will have a chance to win the FedEx Cup and the $18 million prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILMINGTON, Del. &#8212; Will Zalatoris felt pain in his lower back and withdrew after four holes Saturday at the BMW Championship, saying he wanted to be ready for the FedEx Cup finale next week. Zalatoris is coming off his first PGA Tour victory last week to start the PGA Tour&#8217;s postseason. The win moved him &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/will-zalatoris-withdraws-from-bmw-championship-with-back-injury\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Will Zalatoris withdraws from BMW Championship with back injury<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[46,1276,15732],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46616,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-if-will-zalatoris-wouldve-hit-off-the-rock-wall-at-the-fedex-st-jude-championship\/","url_meta":{"origin":51321,"position":0},"title":"What if Will Zalatoris would&#8217;ve hit off the rock wall at the FedEx St.  Jude Championship?","date":"August 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"What would've happened had Will Zalatoris played off the rock wall where his tee shot on the par-3 11th hole ended up?Zalatoris' ball bounced off the grass short and right of the pin location before tumbling toward a rock wall encompassing the green. 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