"... having been notified he had tested positive for the coronavirus and consequently was out of the tournament. A commanding performance, which included a hole-in-one Saturday morning to complete his second round followed by an eight-under 64 to tie two Memorial records, went to waste. The PGA Tour said the Spaniard had come into close contact with a person who was Covid-19 positive, meaning Rahm could play provided he was tested daily. Every test since he arrived Monday came back negative except the one after his second round, which was completed on Saturday morning. The positive test was confirmed as Rahm was playing the 18th hole, knowing nothing except that no one was close to him on the leaderboard. 'This is one of those things that happens in life, one of those moments where how we respond to a setback defines us as people,' Rahm said in a statement he posted to Twitter."
You see him receiving the news in the video below. The amount of money he's losing there is $1.7 million. The announcers don't know what the bad news is, only that he's reacting to bad news (which makes you think about how much worse news can be):
Surreal TV moment as six-stroke leader Jon Rahm learns he tested positive for COVID and Jim Nantz tries to make sense of it without knowing what Rahm's been told pic.twitter.com/WvD6LmAlxs
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 5, 2021
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4 comments:
Wilbur writes:
"Jon Rahm is a Spaniard, a class individual and one of the greatest players in the world. He has yet to win a major (one of the 4 most important tournaments in golf) but is surely destined to do so. This tournament, the Memorial, is not considered a major but is one of the top 5 remaining tournaments in importance. It's a real gut punch, to be leading if not dominating this tournament with one Sunday round left, and then having this happen. I feel badly for him."
Bob Boyd says: "China must pay!"
Newton writes:
"Disqualified from a sporting event played in the wide-open outdoors? On the basis of a simple test known to have false positives? And, even if an accurate test, a less than one percent chance he will spread the virus. Unless I am missing something, this is outrageous."
I know. I'm also worried that there could be cheating.
Lucien writes:
Play Outside: Check
Only Handle Your Clubs: Check
Only Play with Your Ball: Check
Able to Play Without Caddy, or with Caddy 20+ feet away: Check
Able to Avoid All Human Contact: Check
At last some safety theater that makes less sense than taking off flip-flops at airport security.
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