Rahm has no symptoms and had tested negative every day this week. Oh, he has a six-shot lead after 54 holes heading into Sunday's final round, which he won't play.
Rahm was notified he tested positive for the coronavirus, knocking him out of the tournament.
"It's kind of the worst situation for something like that to happen and he played awesome today and it's just, it's really a shame," Cantlay said. The tour said his test came back positive at 4:20 p.m., about the time Rahm began to pull away. The tour's medical advisor asked for a confirmation test on the original sample, and that was returned shortly after 6 p.m.Rahm was the fourth player to test positive during a tournament since the tour returned to competition one year ago in Texas.It was not clear with whom Rahm had contact that led to the tracing.
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