(Reuters) – Bryson DeChambeau mentioned on Thursday he has had surgical procedure on his left wrist and expects to return to competitors inside the subsequent two months, which is likely to see him miss the PGA Championship in May.
The American fractured the hamate bone in his wrist when he slipped on marble flooring whereas enjoying ping pong in Saudi Arabia. He additionally injured his hip within the fall.
“I made makes an attempt to play by this harm at three current occasions, together with the Masters, however that is usually an harm that requires surgical remedy,” he wrote in an Instagram submit alongside a photograph of him smiling in a hospital mattress together with his left arm in a sling.
“Through continued discomfort from the fracture, it has precipitated me to alter my grip and swing, leading to my incapability to compete at golf’s highest stage.
“For now, I will likely be taking the suitable time wanted to relaxation and get well from this process and look ahead to competing on the highest stage inside the subsequent two months.”
The 28-year-old received the U.S. Open in 2020 and has been ranked as excessive as world quantity 4 however missed the lower eventually week’s Masters and is at present ranked nineteenth.
The PGA Championship will likely be held from May 19-22 at Southern Hills in Tulsa, with the U.S. Open scheduled to start on June 16.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
