The Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus, starts next Thursday, two weeks before the U.S. Open in San Diego. Vijay Singh withdrew from the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley on Monday because of a rib injury sustained last week, and Ernie Els said on his Web site that he won’t be playing until next week. Tournaments officials were trying to contact Els’ managers after learning from his Web site that he wasn’t coming. Tiger Woods, recovering from April 15 surgery on his left knee, did not enter and Adam Scott decided not to play. That would leave the Memorial with six of the top 10 players from the world ranking.

Singh, who won the Memorial in 1997, said he injured a muscle in his ribs upon arriving in England last week for the BMW Championship and felt pain while warming up on the range ahead of the first round. “I have a week off now before my next tournament, the Stanford St. Jude Championship, start on June 5,” Els wrote on Monday. “I haven’t made any firm plans yet, but I will probably stay here at Wentworth with the family.”
Tiger Woods decided on Friday not to play in next week’s Memorial as he recovers from knee surgery, meaning he likely will go to the U.S. Open without having played a tournament in two months. Woods, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on April 15, was hopeful of playing before the U.S. Open. But his office notified the PGA Tour that he would not enter the Memorial, a tour official said.
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