ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy withdrew from the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Saturday when he felt muscle spasms in his back that were not going away. The spasms were not thought be to serious enough to keep him out of The Players Championship next week where McIlroy is the defending champion.

Shortstop Colson Montgomery was scratched from the White Sox starting lineup Thursday because of back spasms. The move was made for precautionary reasons, and he is listed as day-to-day. Montgomery, who turned 23 years old on Thursday,

Fresh off of a four-under, 68 on Friday afternoon, Rory McIlroy found himself right back in the hunt at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with the entire weekend left to play. He entered the weekend a full nine shots back of leader Daniel Berger,