PONTE VEDRA, Florida (AFP) - Talented Englishman Oliver Wilson, ranked 43rd in the world, is doubtful for the Players Championship starting on Thursday with a neck injury.
The 28-year-old lasted only one hole in a practice round on Wednesday at the Sawgrass TPC course before he was forced to return to the clubhouse for treatment.
"I walked down the 10th hole (his first) and it started to feel tight. Then I teed off on 11 and let go of the club," Wilson said.
"I came straight in and tried to get some physio done on it. I?ve had a bit of treatment already and I?m going to go back in after this.
"It?s a little bit of an inflamed muscle in my neck. I had an MRI before I left home and I?ve got a bit of a tear in my right (pectoral muscle). I think that?s got a bit to do with why the neck?s flaring up."
Wilson was a member of last year?s European Ryder Cup team and is still hopeful of making his Players Championship debut on Thursday but says he won?t tee off unless he?s feeling 100 percent.
"My fingers are crossed but if I?m not ready, I?m not going to play," he said. "I?ve done that too many times, where I?ve tried to swing three-quarters and chop it around. It?s pointless trying to do that.
"I?m not going to be able to compete doing that and if I can?t compete, there?s no point."
Wilson has not played since missing the cut at the Masters nearly four weeks ago. He took some time off to be with his father Doug, who was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer.
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