PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – Ryan Fox withdrew before the start of the Players Championship because of an illness.
David Ford got into the prestigious field as the first alternate. Ford will tee off at 1:18 p.m. ET alongside Keegan Bradley and Chris Kirk at TPC Sawgrass.
Fox had enjoyed a solid start to the season after a multiple-win campaign in 2025.
Ford, meanwhile, who finished first in the 2025 PGA Tour University’s college rankings, is coming off a tie for 16th last week at the opposite-field Puerto Rico Open, his second top-20 of the young season.
John Parry is now the next man up if any other player in the 123-man field were to withdraw.