Mclroy out of Arnold Palmer after 'spasms'

RORY MCILROY withdrew from the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational yesterday when he felt muscle spasms in his back that were not going away.

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The spasms were not thought be to serious enough to keep him out of The Players Championship next week where Mcllroy is the defending champion.

“While warming up in the gym this morning, I felt a small twinge in my back. As I started hitting balls on the range before the round, it worsened and developed into muscle spasms in my lower back,” Mcllroy said in a statement to the PGA Tour.