World number two Jason Day out of WGC-Mexico Championship

"I have a double ear infection and the flu, which precludes me from preparing for and playing in the tournament," he said in a statement.

(Reuters)

Day last week was deposed as world number one by American Dustin Johnson.

The WGC-Mexico Championship starts on Thursday at the Club de Golf Chapultepec.

(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Steve Keating)