Will Zalatoris back injury flares up, joins fellow Byron Nelson favorite to withdraw

Two of the betting favorites for the CJ CUP Byron Nelson have withdrawn. Will Zalatoris and Sungjae Im will both miss the tournament.

The field for this week’s tournament already lacked star power, but with these two pulled out, it becomes even weaker. Zalatoris came in with the third-best odds to win at 22-1 following a strong T9 performance at The Masters. Only Jordan Spieth and Jason Day had stronger odds to emerge victorious at his hometown event.

Granted, he finished T44 at RBC Heritage and missed the cut at the Zurich Classic, but with a relatively weak field, Zalatoris was one of the few stars playing.

Zalatoris was

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