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I would think it would be a refund at the very least
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One of the complicating factors with having him play alone is the presence of fans that will be near him on occasions throughout the day. Especially walking between holes.
If you have gone to a PGA tour event, you know the distance between the ropes when they walk between holes is typically not very wide. Is security going to be running around all day fighting the fans who went to get a good look at the leader?
If you have gone to a PGA tour event, you know the distance between the ropes when they walk between holes is typically not very wide. Is security going to be running around all day fighting the fans who went to get a good look at the leader?
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There's some testing requirement in place mandating two more tests 24 hours apart before he can be "reinstated." So, there's not enough time. That was the explanation I got from some talking heads sports show.
edit: here it is from The Guardian: "[Rahm is] required to go into self-isolation for 10 days. ... Not even the chance of a false positive test could spare Rahm. Under the Tour’s CDC-guided protocols, players would have to return two negative tests 24 hours apart to end the 10-day isolation. That rules out Rahm playing Sunday."
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Feel bad for the playing partners if they have to forfeit due to the actions/inaction of someone in their grouping
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A WD before the tournament starts is a refund.
A WD after he tees off is usually a loss.
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I expected a lot more of this over the past year. Many of the sports leagues did a great job to minimize interruption in play. This sucks for Rahm. Was he vaccinated? That would be curious to know. And yes it would also suck for anyone else who loses their ability to earn a paycheck.
Rahm was not vaccinated. So his decision to not get vaccinated could cost his playing partners prize money.
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Interesting. If true, he's a . A shot in the arm vs. millions of $$$.
I believe they are. The PGA has non-vaccinated players tested every day; vaccinated players not as often, if I am reading this article correctly.
Jon Rahm withdraws while leading Memorial due to Covid: Questions and answers
Jon Rahm, after the third round of the Memorial, learned he tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to withdraw with a lead. Here is a Q&A breakdown.
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Interesting. If true, he's a . A shot in the arm vs. millions of $$$.
I believe they are. The PGA has non-vaccinated players tested every day; vaccinated players not as often, if I am reading this article correctly.
Jon Rahm withdraws while leading Memorial due to Covid: Questions and answers
Jon Rahm, after the third round of the Memorial, learned he tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to withdraw with a lead. Here is a Q&A breakdown.
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Now it's been reported he has had one shot. So does he get blamed or does the person he caught covid from get blamed.
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Depends. Did he know the person tested positive? If so, he deserves it.
But frankly, even if you don't care about your (and others') health, you have millions of dollars on the line. Get the freaking shot. And (if true), do it weeks/months ago. It's not as if the PGA implemented these rules yesterday. Sheesh.
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I agree. I got my shots in April. No reason he didn't as well.
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Seems fair. Just out of curiosity, how much do these players put up to enter a tournament at the pro level? Also the Korn Ferry?
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This morning on the Golf Channel pre-game talk it was reported Rahm was in the PGA's contact-tracing protocol all through the week, testing negative every day. He also advised all his playing partners of this so they and their caddies could keep an appropriate distance through their rounds. None of his playing partners from the week, all of whom were interviewed & questioned by PGA officials, has been entered into the protocol subsequent to Rahm's positive test. Further, FWIW, both Cantlay and Sheffler had contracted covid-19 earlier in the year.
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Nothing on the PGA tour.
Not sure about the Korn Ferry Tour.
On the Mckenzie Tour (PGA Canada Tour), which is one step down from the KFT, there was an event near to where I lived in 2013.
Each player in the 156 man field had to put in $400 to play (perhaps it was $450).
So they fronted about $62,000 of the total prize pool which was only $150,000 (winner would get 18% of that so $27,000). Guys making the cut, put finishing around 60th, would barely get their initial investment back. Its a tough way to make a living on those tours and some of those players are pretty good, so they feel compelled to keep pushing.
Almost all players did not have their own regular caddie.
Most used volunteer caddies for the week.
Some guys carried their bag.
Some people stay at local hotels. Some players were put up at people's houses for the week.
Just a different world.
A number of players that played that week have moved on to the PGA tour for at least one year (I estimate around 20). But I remember tracking the movement of some, and many players even if they did fairly well on that tour tended to be out of competitive golf within 2 years.
Some of the players that played that week that have had PGA tour success (and reached top 100 in the world at some point)
Tony Finau
Joel Dahmen
Mackenzie Hughes
Nick Taylor
(and those that reached between 100 and 200 in the world)
Taylor Pendrith (currently top 150 in the world, and will be on the PGA tour for first next year as he grauates from KFT)
JJ Spaun
Brandon Harkins
Mark Hubbard
Once you have cracked the world top 200 you have made good coin (for a year anyway) from playing golf. If you can sustain it, you do quite well for yourself.
The winner that week, Hugo Leon, is still toiling between the European Tour and their version of the KFT.
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if already having the virus doesn’t give you anti bodies and natural immunity then what is the point of vaccines, which is trying to trigger the bodies immune system as if it actually had the virus?
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