Smith, Price and Cullen among players out of Players Championship 24

Ahead of Players Championship 24 which takes place on Friday afternoon in Barnsley, there have been multiple withdrawals from the initial field with Joe Cullen, Ryan Meikle, David Pallett and Michael Smith going home early.

Gerwyn Price is also out but has not withdrawn late with 'The Iceman' always only playing two out of the three days. But they have been replaced in the field by Pete Burgoyne, Matt Edgar, Scott Marsh, Graham Usher and Stu Wilson.

This means that Luke Humphries and Peter Wright now lead the field for the final Players Championship for some time with World Series and European Tour tournaments taking up most of the calendar going forward.