Jon Rahm Forced to WD From Memorial Tournament After a Positive COVID-19 Test

[ShawnSum]

Jon Rahm withdraws from the Memorial Tournament after testing positive for COVID-19

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PGA TOUR Statement regarding Jon Rahm On the evening Monday, May 31, the PGA TOUR notified Jon Rahm that he was subject to contact-tracing protocols, as he had come in close contact with a person who...

Pretty wild situation.

[cutchemist42]

How is someone in his position not vaccinated yet? I've been vaccinated for weeks now.

[phillyk]

Had 54 hole tourney record, on pace for the 72 hole record, up by 6 strokes and loses a potential $1.67 million. Unreal. Never been a huge fan of Rahm but this really sucks. 

[colin007]

35 minutes ago, cutchemist42 said:

How is someone in his position not vaccinated yet? I've been vaccinated for weeks now.

I think he's been vaxxed

Also, is there a reason he couldn't play alone?

[iSank]

8 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I think he's been vaxxed

Also, is there a reason he couldn't play alone?

Kind of a odd occurrence, on many levels, plus I sure hope he wasn’t vaxxed  better for us, and all I see on golf channel is the mornings test was positive so they retested the same sample, I understood they do that but why not get a second sample to test? Plus yea for a million bucks and a course record let him play alone. 

[Wally Fairway]

13 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I think he's been vaxxed

Also, is there a reason he couldn't play alone?

Not vaxxed, no official release but reading several stories that the protocol that he was following is that of someone who has not been vaccinated.

[Chris223]

51 minutes ago, cutchemist42 said:

How is someone in his position not vaccinated yet? I've been vaccinated for weeks now.

Even if he was... if he was in close contact (which is how they’re saying he got it) you can still get it if you’re vaccinated.  They probably wouldn’t have found out though as they wouldn’t have tested him daily

[ncates00]

Let him play alone. Make him wear a mask, too. 

[nevets88]

Don’t forget a whole bunch of vaccinated NY Yankees got covid. The strength of the vaccine is it pretty much guarantees you won’t die and you’ll be a lot less sick. 

[Shorty]

13 minutes ago, iSank said:

I  understood they do that but why not get a second sample to test? Plus yea for a million bucks and a course record let him play alone. 

They waited for the extra test to confirm it.

Let him play alone? Sure. Maybe just give him a round if 65 and be done with it.  No need for protocols and rules to apply to him. He’s a professional sportsman. They’re much more important than plebs like us. 🤨

[iacas]

31 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I think he's been vaxxed

Also, is there a reason he couldn't play alone?

He was not. If he had been here wouldn’t have to get tested.

4 minutes ago, ncates00 said:

Let him play alone. Make him wear a mask, too. 

Absolutely not.

[Zippo]

47 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I think he's been vaxxed

Also, is there a reason he couldn't play alone?

About 1.6 million reasons. 

[Sandy Lie]

Not familiar with the USGA and PGA COVID protocol but is he in danger of missing the U.S. Open?

[Chris223]

13 minutes ago, Sandy Lie said:

Not familiar with the USGA and PGA COVID protocol but is he in danger of missing the U.S. Open?

He’s supposed to isolate until 2 days before it begins.  Not much time to practice, but wont miss

[cutchemist42]

But if he was vaxxedd, he wouldnt have been a part of this testing program that flagged him

If that's true than I kind of feel like it's on him for taking that risk.

[colin007]

Is it possible he was tested only because he was in close proximity to somebody who had tested positive? 

[ncates00]

55 minutes ago, iacas said:

Absolutely not.

Why not? To “send a message?”

[iacas]

5 minutes ago, ncates00 said:

Why not? To “send a message?”

What?! No. It’s a f***ing sport with rules.

That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve seen.