Golf-World number two Day out of WGC-Mexico Championship

Feb 26 (Reuters) - World number two Jason Day has pulled out of next week's World Golf Championships (WGC) event in Mexico City due to illness, the Australian announced on Sunday. "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. 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)