Former World No.1 Amateur Withdraws From Butterfield Bermuda Championship Minutes Before Tee Time

Former World No.1 amateur Gordon Sargent was a late withdrawal from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship just over an hour before his first-round tee time

Gordon Sargent at the World Amateur Team Championships
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There's been a late withdrawal from the Butterfield Bermuda Championship with Gordon Sargent pulling out just before teeing off in the first round.

Just over an hour before Sargent was due to tee off in the 8:39am ET group at Port Royal Golf Course, the PGA Tour revealed news of his withdrawal.

The big-hitting Alabama native qualified for the pro ranks from PGA Tour University in October 2023, but returned to college to complete his senior year at Vanderbilt.

The 22-year-old has played in 10 PGA Tour events since turning pro in June, missing the cut in four of them and also withdrawing from the Bank of Utah Championship in October.

Sargent cited a hand injury for pulling out during the second round at Black Desert Resort, but no reason was given for his late withdrawal in Bermuda.

Sargent, the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, hasn't really taken the PGA Tour by storm as yet, with T24 finish at the Isco Championship in June his best result to date.

He's down at 205 in the FedEx Cup standings as a result, but his exemption runs until the end of the 2026 season thanks to his PGA Tour University record.

The Bermuda Championship is the penultimate tournament on the FedEx Cup Fall schedule, as players scramble to secure PGA Tour cards for 2026.

As part of the Aon Next 10, players who finished between 51st and 60th in the FedEx Cup standings after the fall series will get places in two early Signature Events next year - the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational.

Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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