Mexico's Ancer withdraws from US Open golf due to illness

Mexico's Abraham Ancer has withdrawn from the US Open due to an illness, tournament organisers said on Thursday ahead of the opening round. Ancer, who missed the cut at last year's US Open, was scheduled to tee off at 1:14 p.m.

ET (1714 GMT) from the 10th hole at The Country Club alongside American Sam Burns and Belgian Thomas Pieters. Ancer will be replaced in the 156-player field by Patton Kizzire, who will be playing in his third US Open after having missed the cut in 2016 and 2019.