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Jon was NOT fully vaccinated. He'd had plenty opportunity to do that. He's prepared all his life to be a great on the PGA tour, to win tournaments, he's former world number one PGA professional. He was playing the best golf of his life yesterday, on the cusp of lapping the field on his way to his second consecutive win of Jack Nicklaus's Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio. He'd come in close contact with a person who came down with Covid-19. The PGA rule is that if a player hasn't been fully vaccinated and they've come in close contact with a person who's contracted the virus they need to take daily tests for a period to remain eligible to play. Jon started testing on Tuesday, was negative every day until yesterday, when two tests confirmed his diagnosis, positive. He jeopardized himself by not getting vaccinated.
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jon Rahm walked off the 18th green at the Memorial after tying the 54-hole record and building a six-shot lead, leaving him on the cusp of joining Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners.
Moments later, he doubled over and said in anguish, “Not again!”
Rahm was notified he tested positive for the coronavirus, knocking him out of the tournament.
A command performance, that included a hole-in-one Saturday morning to complete his second round, went to waste.
The PGA Tour said the Spaniard had come in close contact with a person who was COVID-19 positive, meaning he could play provided he was tested daily. Every test came back negative except the one after his second round that was completed Saturday morning.
The positive test was confirmed, the results returned as he was on the 18th green. Rahm was been asymptomatic all week.
Edit: He had been offered the vaccine by the PGA Tour, as were all the other players in their tournaments, see post #6 below:
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jon Rahm walked off the 18th green at the Memorial after tying the 54-hole record and building a six-shot lead, leaving him on the cusp of joining Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners.
Moments later, he doubled over and said in anguish, “Not again!”
Rahm was notified he tested positive for the coronavirus, knocking him out of the tournament.
A command performance, that included a hole-in-one Saturday morning to complete his second round, went to waste.
The PGA Tour said the Spaniard had come in close contact with a person who was COVID-19 positive, meaning he could play provided he was tested daily. Every test came back negative except the one after his second round that was completed Saturday morning.
The positive test was confirmed, the results returned as he was on the 18th green. Rahm was been asymptomatic all week.
Edit: He had been offered the vaccine by the PGA Tour, as were all the other players in their tournaments, see post #6 below:
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