Cameron Smith has suffered a setback, having to pull out of his final warm-up event with illness just five days before his latest tilt at a Masters green jacket.
Australia's former world No.2, who's hoping to continue his fine record at Augusta National, faces going into the season's first major championship somewhat undercooked or, worse still, feeling under the weather when it starts on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Queenslander, winner of the 2022 British Open Championship, withdrew from LIV Golf's event in Miami at Trump National Doral, with organisers not specifying his illness on Saturday.