Littler Denied PC33 Entry After Traffic Delay

Luke Littler, 18 and world number two, was barred from playing at Wednesday’s Players Championship 33 in Wigan after being caught in traffic and missing the strict 11 a.m. registration deadline, forcing him to surrender his place. He posted on social media joking “back to bed it is, wonder who they’re going to call up” and later expressed condolences after reports that a man died following the M6 incident. Littler’s absence had limited immediate consequences because his win at Players Championship 32 earlier in the month had already secured his spot in the season-ending Players Championship finals in Minehead, and his place in the PC33 draw was filled by another player. The Wigan event was won by Chris Dobey and also featured nine-darters from Nathan Aspinall and Damon Heta and a first-round exit for world No.1 Luke Humphries, amid a number of other withdrawals from the penultimate ProTour events.