PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – C.T. Pan withdrew Thursday from The Players Championship amid COVID-19 concerns, having seemingly questioned the Tour’s preparedness in a social media post.
Pan earned his first Tour win last year at the RBC Heritage, the highlight of a breakthrough season that led to his first Presidents Cup berth. He was slated to tee off at 2:02 p.m. ET alongside Adam Long and Si Woo Kim, but he shared in a Twitter reply to fellow Tour pro Zac Blair Thursday afternoon that he had “already left hours ago” and wasn’t planning to play.
Pan then followed up with a subsequent explanation on Twitter as word of his withdrawal was officially announced by Tour officials.