The early California events on the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing are having a tough go of it with the withdrawal or absence of some of the game’s top players. The American Express, played last week in La Quinta,

The PGA Tour announced three golfers in all were withdrawing from the event at Torrey Pines: Nicolai Hojgaard is out and Hayden Springer is in, and Tyler McCumber is out, giving a

World No. 4 Collin Morikawa as well as Nicolai Hojgaard Tyler McCumber withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday.