Teen phenom Lucy Li has withdrawn from next week’s Augusta National Women’s Amateur because of an undisclosed injury.
Li, 16, was replaced in the field by Kaylee Benton, a senior at Arkansas who last year reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Ranked seventh in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, Li is the second player to pull out of the inaugural event because of injury. On Thursday, Alexa Melton told tournament officials that she’d be unable to play. She was replaced by University of Missouri junior Jessica Yuen.
Li’s amateur status was under investigation earlier this year by the USGA after she appeared in an advertisement for the Apple Watch.