Nashville's Brandt Snedeker Drops Out Of PGA Championship

CHARLOTTE, NC — Nashvillian Brandt Snedeker will not play in this weekend's PGA Championship, he announced Monday.

Snedeker, 36, has been nursing a hip injury, which forced him out of The Open Championship in June, as well.(For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Snedeker, the 2012 FedEx Cup Champion, finished tied for 56th at the PGA Championbship last year. His best finish was a tie for 12th at Wisconsin's Whistling Straits in 2015. The PGA is the only one of golf's four majors in which Snedeker has not finished in the top 10.

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