{"id":602101,"date":"2021-07-25T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T14:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602101"},"modified":"2021-07-25T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T14:36:15","slug":"covid-19-tests-knock-two-top-pga-golfers-out-of-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-tests-knock-two-top-pga-golfers-out-of-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Tests Knock Two Top PGA Golfers Out Of Tokyo Olympics"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcovid-19-tests-knock-two-top-pga-golfers-out-of-tokyo-olympics%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=602101&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\/07\/pga-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Talk about bad luck.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, who tested positive for COVID-19 last month \u2014 which prompted his removal from a PGA tournament he was leading \u2014 has tested positive again and will not compete in the Tokyo Olympics, the Spanish Olympic Committee announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>And American Bryson DeChambeau will also miss the games after testing positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply disappointed not to be able to compete in the Olympics for Team USA,\u201d DeChambeau said in a statement. \u201cRepresenting my country means the world to me and it is was a tremendous honor to make this team. I wish Team USA the best of luck next week in Tokyo. I will now focus on getting healthy, and I look forward to returning to competition once I am cleared to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. team replaced DeChambeau with Patrick Reed, who is set to undergo testing Sunday and Monday before heading to Tokyo, joining Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele on the four-man U.S team. The the first round of the men\u2019s tournament at the Kasumigaseki Country Club is set for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament, hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, on June 5 after he tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, Rahm was leading the tournament by six strokes, a lead that often holds up with just 18 holes left to play on the final day. The winner\u2019s share of the purse was $1,674,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed in having to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament,\u201d he said in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRahmpga\/status\/1401346601566670851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement<\/a> posted on Twitter last month. \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<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.<\/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 Paige Spiranac wrote on Twitter. \u201cThey could have gone up to him and said \u2018please put on mask now and don\u2019t touch anyone we have news to tell you inside.&#8217;\u201d<\/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 luck.Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, who tested positive for COVID-19 last month \u2014 which prompted his removal from a PGA tournament he was leading \u2014 has tested positive &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602101","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=602101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}