Grayson Murray announced via social media that he’s been forced to pull out of this week’s PGA Tour event in Minnesota due to a positive test result for COVID-19.
On his Instagram account, Murray said he was scheduled to leave for the 3M Open, but didn’t feel well and got tested for the virus.
Two people – a caddie on the PGA Tour and a player on the Korn Ferry Tour – tested positive for the coronavirus last week, but the pro golf world has seen a low percentage of participants test positive. Murray’s positive test marks the seventh for a PGA Tour player.
“You don’t want to have any, but I think as you look at where we are and the trends for our overall program, and again, the tightening that we’ve done, I think that the results are very good, and we’re certainly encouraged by that. We’re proud of that,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said last week. “I think our players deserve a ton of credit for not only what they’re doing here on-site in terms of social distancing and masking and being entirely aware of what we need to do when we’re on property, but also as I’ve gone market to market seeing players in hotels and other places, I think we’re executing a plan that we set out, and we’re confident that if we continue to do that we’re going to be in a really good place as we go forward.”
