Horschel pulls out of Irish Open because of injury

Billy Horschel has pulled retired of adjacent week's Irish Open astatine Royal County Down because of injury.

The US star, who is 25th successful nan world rankings, said he sustained a "minor back/rib injury" astatine nan caller BMW Championship PGA Tours play-offs event, which carried into past week's Tour Championship successful Atlanta.

"My assemblage needs different week to retrieve truthful nan wounded doesn’t proceed to linger," said nan 37-year-old.

"I’m disappointed to miss nan Irish Open arsenic I enjoyed and loved my clip astatine nan K Club past year. The support that I and each nan players received from nan Irish fans was unbelievable."

Horschel played for nan USA successful nan 2007 Walker Cup astatine Royal County Down and said that he had been "looking forward" to returning to nan venue.

The American is simply a regular competitor connected nan DP World Tour and will purpose to repetition his 2021 triumph erstwhile he plays successful nan BMW PGA Championship astatine Wentworth, earlier participating astatine nan Alfred Dunhill Links Championships and French Open adjacent month.

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will header nan Irish Open field.