Dylan Frittelli hit one of the day’s best shots.
Then some of the worst.
Then he was gone — with the explanation as to why just 17 words long.
Let’s go in order. On Muirfield Village Golf Club’s par-4 6th, among a patch of trees to the right of the fairway and with water and a bunker guarding the flag 181 yards away, Frittelli snuck his second shot to 6 feet. He birdied. On a day when the Memorial Tournament’s first round tested everyone — defending champ Billy Horschel, for example, shot an 12-over 84 — Frittelli played his first six holes on Thursday at a respectable one-over.
And from there?
He bogeyed the par-5 7th.
After a par at the par-3 8th, he double-bogeyed the par-9th.
He triple-bogeyed the par-4 10th and par-5 11th.
He double-bogeyed the par-3 12th, bogeyed the par-4 13th and double-bogeyed the par-4 14th. On the par-5 15th, Frittelli hit his tee shot 214 yards and well left.
And then he was done. He withdrew. Frittelli had played holes nine through 14 at 13-over — with five penalty strokes — but he played no more.
A short while later, the PGA Tour Communications Twitter account shared the news, with this reasoning:
“Dylan Frittelli WD during the first round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday due to illness.”
The WD continues a tough stretch for Frittelli. Starting with the Players Championship in mid-March, he has missed seven cuts in 10 events and withdrawn twice — this week, and at the RBC Heritage in April after shooting a first-round 80.
How Dylan Frittelli played his first round at the Memorial
1st 491-yard par-4 (Par)
Shot 1: 282 yards to left fairway, 209 yards to hole
Shot 2: 197 yards to left greenside bunker, 46 feet, 3 inches to hole
Shot 3: 54 feet, 9 inches to green, 9 feet, 4 inches to hole
Shot 4: In the hole
2nd 456-yard par-4 (Par)
Shot 1: 273 yards to right rough, 191 yards to hole
Shot 2: 194 yards to left rough, 72 feet, 7 inches to hole
Shot 3: 76 feet, 6 inches to green, 3 feet, 7 inches to hole
Shot 4: In the hole
3rd 382-yard par-4 (Par)
Shot 1: 244 yards to right fairway, 146 yards to hole
Shot 2: 140 yards to fringe, 25 feet, 9 inches to hole
Shot 3: 26 feet, 5 inches to green, 7 inches to hole
Shot 4: In the hole
4th 182-yard par-3 (Bogey)
Shot 1: 185 yards to left rough, 85 feet to hole
Shot 2: 92 feet, 1 inch to green, 7 feet, 2 inches to hole
Shot 3: Putt 7 feet, 1 inch, 6 inches to hole
Shot 4: In the hole
5th 534-yard par-5 (Bogey)
Shot 1: 246 yards to left rough, 316 yards to hole
Shot 2: 177 yards to right fairway, 139 yards to hole
Shot 3: 126 yards to water, 43 feet, 11 inches to hole
Shot 4: Penalty
Drop in left intermediate, 31 feet, 10 inches to hole
Shot 5: 31 feet, 2 inches to green, 11 inches to hole
Shot 6: In the hole
6th 454-yard par-4 (Birdie)
Shot 1: 280 yards to right rough, 181 yards to hole
Shot 2: 181 yards to green, 6 feet, 8 inches to hole
Shot 3: In the hole
7th 584-yard par-5 (Bogey)
Shot 1: 281 yards to left rough, 282 yards to hole
Shot 2: 235 yards to right rough, 48 yards to hole
Shot 3: 40 yards to green, 23 feet 10 inches to hole
Shot 4: Putt 29 feet 1 inch, 5 feet to hole
Shot 5: Putt 8 feet, 11 inches, 3 feet, 7 inches to hole
Shot 6: In the hole
8th 210-yard par-3 (Par)
Shot 1: 210 yards to unknown, 37 yards to hole
Shot 2: 36 yards to green, 2 feet, 9 inches to hole
Shot 3: In the hole
9th 401-yard par-4 (Double bogey)
Shot 1: 223 yards to right intermediate, 176 yards to hole
Shot 2: 165 yards to water, 34 feet, 2 inches to hole
Shot 3: Penalty
Drop in left fairway, 47 yards to hole
Shot 4: 45 yards to green, 7 feet, 6 inches to hole
Shot 5: Putt 9 feet, 11 inches, 2 feet, 1 inch to hole
Shot 6: In the hole
10th 483-yard par-4 (Triple bogey)
Shot 1: 262 yards to unknown, 259 yards to hole
Shot 2: Penalty
Shot 3: 282 yards to right rough, 207 yards to hole
Shot 4: 176 yards to right greenside bunker, 95 feet, 1 inch to hole
Shot 5: 96 feet, 9 inches to green, 5 feet to hole
Shot 6: Putt 7 feet 5 inches, 2 feet, 1 inch to hole
Shot 7: In the hole
11th 596-yard par-5 (Triple bogey)
Shot 1: 309 yards to water, 279 yards to hole
Shot 2: Penalty
Drop in left intermediate, 321 yards to hole
Shot 3: 243 yards to right intermediate, 79 yards to hole
Shot 4: 42 yards to water, 37 yards to hole
Shot 5: Penalty
Drop in right intermediate, 37 yards to hole
Shot 6: 40 yards to green, 10 feet, 8 inches to hole
Shot 7: Putt 12 feet, 2 inches, 13 inches to hole
Shot 8: In the hole
169-yard par-3 12th (Double bogey)
Shot 1: 159 yards to water, 32 feet to hole
Shot 2: Penalty
Drop in tee box, 85 yards to hole
Shot 3: 92 yards to green, 19 feet, 10 inches to hole
Shot 4: Putt 19 feet, 10 inches, 4 inches to hole
Shot 5: In the hole
450-yard par-4 13th (Bogey)
Shot 1: 249 yards to left rough, 185 yards to hole
Shot 2: 202 yards to right greenside bunker, 67 feet, 7 inches to hole
Shot 3: 74 feet, 9 inches to green, 12 feet, 2 inches to hole
Shot 4: Putt 12 feet, 7 inches, 2 inches to hole
Shot 5: In the hole
371-yard par-4 14th (Double bogey)
Shot 1: 191 yards to right rough, 182 yards to hole
Shot 2: 177 yards to left rough, 34 yards to hole
Shot 3: 67 feet, 3 inches to rear greenside bunker, 40 feet, 9 inches to hole
Shot 4: 47 feet, 4 inches to green, 7 feet, 10 inches to hole
Shot 5: Putt 9 feet, 11 inches, 2 feet, 1 inch to hole
Shot 6: In the hole
548-yard par-5 15th
Shot 1: 214 yards to unknown, 347 yards to hole
WD