{"id":576389,"date":"2021-06-29T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576389"},"modified":"2021-06-29T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:35:53","slug":"pga-tour-to-end-weekly-covid-19-testing-for-players-at-end-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pga-tour-to-end-weekly-covid-19-testing-for-players-at-end-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour To End Weekly COVID-19 Testing For Players At End Of July"},"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\">26<\/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-tour-to-end-weekly-covid-19-testing-for-players-at-end-of-july%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=576389&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\/GettyImages-1325646002.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The PGA Tour was one of the first sports to return during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Tour is ahead of the game once again.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/31727366\/pga-tour-end-weekly-testing-covid-19-late-july\">ESPN<\/a>, the PGA Tour will be ending its weekly COVID-19 testing program beginning at the 3M Open in Minneapolis, meaning a negative test will no longer be a requirement in order to compete. The first round of the tournament tees off on July 22.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are pleased to announce, after consultation with PGA Tour medical advisors, that due to the high rate of vaccination among all constituents on the PGA Tour, as well as other positively trending factors across the country, testing for COVID-19 will no longer be required as a condition of competition beginning with the 3M Open,\u201d PGA Tour senior vice president Tyler Dennis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/31727366\/pga-tour-end-weekly-testing-covid-19-late-july\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> in a memo to players.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unvaccinated players that have had contact with an individual that has tested positive will still be required to test.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In order to return to competition, the tour began a testing program in June 2020 requiring players, caddies, and PGA Tour staff to test every week.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The news comes as many players prepare for The Open in England, where they will face <\/span><span>much stricter regulations than they have in the past few months.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/31704671\/golfers-face-strict-covid-19-protocols-open\">ESPN<\/a>, players will not be allowed to visit restaurants, pubs, or grocery stores, and will not be allowed to share accommodations while in England. Golfers will also be required to undergo COVID testing even if they have been fully vaccinated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The rules put in place for The Open are so strict, that some players have considered skipping the tournament.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m going to go because it\u2019s the British Open,\u201d an anonymous player <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/players-angry-consider-skipping-open-034526281.html\">told<\/a> Golfweek<\/span><span>. \u201cBut I certainly thought about not going. I just can\u2019t believe with the numerous examples of successfully run safely held tournaments and majors here that they can\u2019t figure out a better situation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf someone on your plane tests positive on the way to the British and is sitting anywhere close to you, you\u2019re out no questions asked, no matter if you\u2019re vaccinated. It\u2019s aggravating that they deem the tournament safe enough for 32,000 fans a day to attend, but won\u2019t let a player\u2019s wife, children travel and watch the tournament, nor will they even let players visit a restaurant without threat of disqualification.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The tour has had to deal with its fair share of COVID-related issues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the Memorial Tournament in early June, John Rahm was forced to withdraw from the tournament after the third round due to a positive covid test. Rahm was leading the tournament by six strokes at the time he was informed that he had tested positive.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\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 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pga-golfer-forced-to-withdraw-from-tournament-he-was-leading-by-6-strokes-giving-up-chance-at-1-6-million\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in its statement. \u201cRahm is the first positive, asymptomatic case as part of the TOUR\u2019s routine, contact-tracing protocols.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The tour did <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/news\/2021\/06\/28\/changes-announced-to-pga-tour-covid-19-coronavirus-protocols.html\"><span>say<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201c<\/span><span>On-site testing will still be available for symptomatic individuals, and the TOUR may still conduct periodic testing of all constituents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>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 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Tour was one of the first sports to return during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0The Tour is ahead of the game once again.\u00a0According to ESPN, the PGA Tour will be &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313647,"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\/GettyImages-1325646002.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"PGA Tour To End Weekly COVID-19 Testing For Players At End Of July","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576389","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\/GettyImages-1325646002.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"PGA Tour To End Weekly COVID-19 Testing For Players At End Of July","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576389","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=576389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}