Davy Hite told BassFan today that he has withdrawn from the Bassmaster Legends Major at Arkansas' Lake Dardanelle due to a family issue back home in South Carolina. He informed BASS tournament director Trip Weldon of his decision to pull out this morning.
"I need to go home and be with my family," he said. "It was a very tough decision, especially since I won here last time, but I felt that I needed to be at home the next few days, for sure."
He chose not to elaborate on the situation, but said he'll definitely compete in the Elite Series finale at Toho next month.
He won the last time the Bassmaster Tour visited Dardanelle – an Elite 50 in 2005.
"Having won there, that made it extra-tough. This is the first time (in my pro career) that something came up where I really felt I needed to leave.
"Family comes first, and it has to be something really important to make me do what I did. But there'll be another tournament in a couple of weeks, and I'll be there."
