LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Two-time Ryder Cup player Ludvig Aberg withdrew from The American Express on Saturday with an illness, the fourth player to withdraw this week from the first PGA Tour stop on the mainland.
Aberg was at 7-under par and playing the Stadium Course at PGA West when he withdrew. The Swede was making his first start of the year.
It was about this time a year ago when Aberg had an illness that caused him to lose 10 pounds. He was in contention at Torrey Pines, stuck it out and had a 74-79 weekend. He had to withdraw from his next start, and then returned to Torrey Pines for the Genesis Invitational — which moved from Riviera because of the Pacific Palisades fires — and won.
Luke Clanton, Rico Hoey and Nick Dunlap previously withdrew from The American Express.
Players are paired with amateurs for the opening three rounds. Former PGA Tour player Jeff Gove filled in for Aberg so his amateur had a partner. Gove was the last player (at No. 144 in the standings) to qualify for the inaugural FedEx Cup playoffs event in 2007.
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FILE - Ludvig Aberg, of Sweden, hits off the first tee during the final round of World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
Wrexham's bid for a fourth straight promotion and a place in the Premier League is gaining steam.
A dramatic 3-2 win at Queens Park Rangers — courtesy of two stoppage-time goals — lifted Wrexham, the Welsh club co-owned by Hollywood celebrities Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, into sixth place in the second-tier Championship on Saturday.
The top-two finishers secure automatic promotion and the teams who finish third to sixth will qualify for the end-of-season playoffs for the one extra promotion spot.
It's the first time this season that Wrexham has ended a round in the playoff places.
Wrexham has played 29 of its 46 games in its first second-tier campaign since the 1980s following an unprecedented three straight promotions. Its surge up the English soccer pyramid, fueled by the cash injection by Reynolds and McElhenney since buying the club in 2020 and documented in the Emmy-winning “Welcome to Wrexham” TV series, began in 2022 with promotion from the non-league fifth division.
The latest win came after Josh Windass equalized in the third minute of stoppage time and Ollie Rathbone grabbed the winner a minute later at Loftus Road.
Windass was one of the 13 players who came to the club as part of an estimated spending spree of around $40 million in the summer transfer window, during which Wrexham repeatedly broke its transfer record.
The money available for transfers has been boosted by Reynolds and McElhenney securing outside financial investment through, among others, the New York-based Allyn family.
Wrexham also is having a good run in the FA Cup, having made it to the last 32 by beating Premier League team Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout in the third round.
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Wrexham's Issa Kabore, left, and Queens Park Rangers' Paul Smyth battle for the ball during the Sky Bet Championship soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and Wrexham in London, Saturday Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)
Wrexham's Josh Windass, third left, scores their side's second goal of the game during the Sky Bet Championship soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and Wrexham in London, Saturday Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)
Wrexham's Ollie Rathbone, 2nd right, celebrates scoring their side's third goal of the game during the Sky Bet Championship soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and Wrexham in London, Saturday Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)
Wrexham's Ollie Rathbone, left, scores their side's third goal of the game during the Sky Bet Championship soccer match between Queens Park Rangers and Wrexham in London, Saturday Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)
