Graeme McDowell and Cameron Champ - © Photos: © Wikimedia Commons

In a statement released by the PGA Tour, Cameron Champ said: “I feel good physically and I was obviously surprised and disappointed to learn the result of the test. It is important now to take the necessary steps to protect others, including my loved ones. "

Cameron Champ, 25, is the second golfer to test positive for Covid-19 in two weeks.

Nick Watney had tested positive on Friday before the second round of RBC Heritage. It is PGA Tour policy that any golfer who tests positive must immediately withdraw from the event and begin a 10-14 day quarantine period in the Hartford area.

Cameron Champ is a two-time PGA Tour winner, having won the 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship and the 2019 Safeway Open. He is currently ranked 79th in the official world golf ranking and 19th in the FedEx Cup points race.

The coronavirus outbreak on the PGA Tour that hit Nick Watney last week and Cameron Champ this week has hit another player - who hasn't even tested positive.

Graeme McDowell exclusively told Golfweek that he will withdraw from the Travelers Championship on Wednesday morning after learning that his longtime caddy Ken Comboy tested positive for COVID-19.

"For the protection of the field and for my own physical and mental well-being, I will take a test tomorrow morning and then jump on a private plane"McDowell said Tuesday evening. “I'm going to get out of here, go back to Florida and decide if I should quarantine myself from my family. "

Comboy suspects he may have been exposed to the virus after the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas two weeks ago. McDowell's private plane being too small for his party, his longtime caddy took a commercial flight to Orlando which he described as "Crowded" of passengers. He and McDowell attended a friend's funeral on Monday, then headed to Hilton Head, SC for the RBC Classic.

On Thursday, Mr Comboy said he had a mild sore throat and went to bed early. After missing the cut on Friday morning, the pair returned home to Orlando that afternoon with coach McDowell, a six-hour trip ...

On Saturday morning, Mr. Comboy reported on his persistent sore throat in a daily questionnaire that players and caddies receive from the Tour. A doctor called him soon after and advised him to have a test. McDowell said his caddy returned to Hilton Head on Saturday night to be tested at the Tour premises the next morning. A positive result came back Tuesday afternoon. The only other symptom that Comboy has developed is the loss of his sense of smell, which manifested itself yesterday. He had not traveled to Connecticut for Travelers and is in quarantine in Orlando.

McDowell himself tested negative on Monday and showed no symptoms. He felt slightly tired last week at Hilton Head, but attributed this to the resumption of golf and the aftermath of a friend's funeral.

"I had a difficult time emotionally and mentally, and after a few weeks of rest, it's hard to find your golfer legs again"he says. “But the red flags have started ringing now that Kenny is also positive for Covid-19. "

“We are a tight-knit team. We shared a room last week, we spent six hours in a car. He's a carrier of the virus, so in a way I have to be as well. "

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