{"id":554330,"date":"2021-06-06T11:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T15:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=554330"},"modified":"2021-06-06T11:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T15:20:39","slug":"pga-golfer-forced-to-withdraw-from-tournament-he-was-leading-by-6-strokes-giving-up-chance-at-1-6-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pga-golfer-forced-to-withdraw-from-tournament-he-was-leading-by-6-strokes-giving-up-chance-at-1-6-million\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Golfer Forced To Withdraw From Tournament He Was Leading By 6 Strokes, Giving Up Chance At $1.6 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpga-golfer-forced-to-withdraw-from-tournament-he-was-leading-by-6-strokes-giving-up-chance-at-1-6-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=554330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rahm-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Talk about bad timing.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish golfer Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament on Saturday after he tested positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour announced.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Rahm was leading the tournament that golf legend Jack Nicklaus oversees \u2014 by six strokes, a lead that often holds up with just 18 holes left to play Sunday. The winner\u2019s share of the purse is $1,674,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed in having to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament,\u201d he said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRahmpga\/status\/1401346601566670851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement<\/a>\u00a0posted on Twitter Saturday. \u201cThis is one of those things that happens in life, one of those moments where how we respond to a setback defines us as people. I\u2019m very thankful that my family and I are all OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1320754716981\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thoughts after today\u2019s round <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gWkBAWE42F\">pic.twitter.com\/gWkBAWE42F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Rahm Rodriguez (@JonRahmpga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRahmpga\/status\/1401346601566670851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The PGA Tour said Rahm was \u201cplaced in contact tracing protocols on Monday after officials learned he had been in close contact with someone who was Covid-19 positive,\u201d CNN reported. \u201cRahm elected to remain in the tournament and undergo daily testing and have restricted access to indoor facilities at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rahm never had any symptoms and was clearly not affected physically and he bested other top players like Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Bryson DeChambeau. That fact drew some scorn on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#Covid \u2014 so dangerous to the young and healthy that Jon Rahm didn\u2019t even know he was infected until his positive test came back \u2014 and had been easily beating every other golfer in the world this week. What a joke,\u201d former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Another prominent golfer took issue with the way Rahm was informed. \u201cSomething we can all agree on is that telling Rahm the news by the green in front of everyone and on camera was a bad move,\u201d former collegiate golfer turned sports media personality\u00a0Paige Spiranac wrote on Twitter. \u201cThey could have gone up to him and said \u201cplease put on mask now and don\u2019t touch anyone we have news to tell you inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3647058823529\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something we can all agree on is that telling Rahm the news by the green in front of everyone and on camera was a bad move<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaigeSpiranac\/status\/1401310753278160898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at first claimed there was below a 10% chance of catching the virus outdoors, but experts last month said that the risk is less than 1%. The CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/26\/briefing\/CDC-outdoor-covid-risks-guidelines.html\">reportedly<\/a> based its outdoor transmission figure on a systemic review paper and on research that was skewed by Singapore construction sites.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm will remain in isolation for the next 10 days in accordance with CDC guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is an incredibly unfortunate situation, throughout 50 events since the PGA TOUR\u2019s Return to Golf, there have been only four positive tests (including Rahm) within competition,\u201d the PGA Tour said in its statement. \u201cRahm is the first positive, asymptomatic case as part of the TOUR\u2019s routine, contact-tracing protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his Saturday statement, Rahm also said he would take all the necessary precautions \u201cto be safe and healthy\u201d and looks forward to returning to the golf course \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all of the fans for their support and I\u2019m looking forward to watching the showdown tomorrow afternoon with you all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about bad timing.Spanish golfer Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament on Saturday after he tested positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour announced.At the time, Rahm &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279357,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rahm-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"PGA Golfer Forced To Withdraw From Tournament He Was Leading By 6 Strokes, Giving Up Chance At $1.6 Million","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rahm-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"PGA Golfer Forced To Withdraw From Tournament He Was Leading By 6 Strokes, Giving Up Chance At $1.6 Million","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}