Multiple PGA Tour winner forced out of US Open hours before final round

Multiple PGA Tour winner Corey Conners was forced to withdraw from the US Open hours before the final round. 

Conners was extremely unlikely to win the third men's major of the year but was having a decent tournament. 

The Canadian had hit rounds of 72, 74 and 72 to sit on 8-over par after 54 holes and was comfortably inside the top 40. 

But a wrist injury has forced the 33-year-old to withdraw before getting his final round underway. 

The injury was sustained during the third round. 

He jammed his wrist whilst attempting to hack his golf ball out from a plugged lie in a bunker on the 11th hole. 

He received medical attention and continued to play. 

His playing partner, Michael Kim, later wrote on X: "Corey Conners deserves a full page on his own today. The dude stripes it. 

"Little draw, didn't miss a shot on the front nine and he missed a short one on three so could have been even lower. 

"Pretty easy three-under. But then he plugged his bunker shot and while trying to hit out of it, hurt his wrist. 

"He was obviously in some pain as soon as he hit it and I didn't think he'd play more honestly. 

"It took like 20 minutes for his physio to get to the green (don't get me started on that terrible process ). 

"He gutted it out but was def out of rhythm coming in. 

"[There were] lots of wrists getting worked on this week after multiple shots of trying to get through this thick rough."

Conners was due to tee off at 10.20am alongside New Zealand's Ryan Fox. 

A USGA spokesperson said: "Corey Conners has withdrawn from the 2025 U.S. Open Championship on Sunday, June 15, due to an injury.

"Conners, who was competing in his seventh U.S. Open, was scheduled to play in Sunday's final round at 10:20am EDT. 

"The 33-year-old was paired with Ryan Fox, of New Zealand."

Conners recorded his best finish in a US Open last year when he tied for ninth at Pinehurst No.2. 

He owns a top-15 finish in all four major championships and has won twice on the PGA Tour. 

Conners was also the runner-up in the 2014 U.S. Amateur.