- Watney withdraws from RBC Heritage before second round
- 39-year-old will now self-isolate for 10 days
Intense focus surrounds the status of the PGA Tour’s restart after one of its players, the 39-year-old Nick Watney, tested positive for Covid-19 mid-competition. Watney withdrew from the RBC Heritage in South Carolina before the second round and is now spending at least 10 days in isolation.
This is an obvious blow to the Tour, in the second event of its resumption. As something of a forerunner for the reopening of mainstream US-based sport, golf knows its procedures are firmly in the spotlight.
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