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South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen has withdrawn his name from the field ahead of this AT&T Byron Nelson. He’ll be replaced in the field by fellow South African Shaun Norris, who will play on a sponsor exemption.

The 32-year-old van Rooyen last played at the RBC Heritage, where he finished T-10 for his first top 10 of the season in 12 starts. He’s also had two notable finished on the DP World Tour this year, placing T-4 at the Slync.io Dubai Desert, two strokes out of the playoff won by Viktor Hovland, and he was T-12 the week prior at the Abu Dhabu HSBC. He missed the cut at TPBC Craig Ranch in last year’s Byron Nelson. This week’s event marks just the second PGA Tour start this season for the 39-year old Norris, who broke through for his maiden DPWT title over last month at the Steyn City Championship in his native South Africa. He has two other top 10s, finishing T-3 at the Joburg Open in November and T-9 at the Ras al Khaimah Championship in February. Also getting in as sponsor exemptions are James Hart du Preez and Vaughn Taylor.

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