Brooks Koepka has pulled out of the Travelers Championship due to his caddie, Ricky Elliott, testing positive for COVID-19, the world's No. 4 ranked player confirmed to Golfweek.
Koepka's withdrawal comes just hours after Graeme McDowell told Golfweek he is out of this weekend's event because his long-time caddie, Ken Comboy, tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Koepka and McDowell had played a practice round together on Tuesday.
PGA commissioner Jay Monahan will hold a press conference at 2pm et on Wednesday at the Travelers, while all player interviews have been cancelled.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will hold a 2 p.m. press conference at the Travelers Championship today.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) June 24, 2020
“I’m going to pull out to protect everybody else. I think it’s the right thing to do,” Koepka said. “I don’t want to risk anyone’s life if they have respiratory issues or underlying conditions. The only way this Tour can continue is if guys to do this sort of thing and be proactive about it.”
Koepka added that he and Elliott were both tested Monday and received negative results before Elliott received a positive test on Wednesday morning.
“We all got tested Monday—myself, (coach Claude Harmon) and Ricky. We all came back negative,” Koepka said. “We had no symptoms. Nothing.”
Koepka and McDowell are the latest to drop out of PGA events due to COVID-19, following Nick Watney and Cameron Champ, who both tested positive for the coronavirus themselves.
“For the protection of the field and for my own physical and mental well-being, I’m going to take a test tomorrow morning then jump on a private plane,” McDowell told Golfweek Tuesday night. “I’m going to get myself out of here, home to Florida and decide whether I need to quarantine myself from my family.”
McDowell himself tested negative on Monday and is experiencing no symptoms. Comboy's positive test was returned on Tuesday.
McDowell has also informed the PGA Tour who he was in close contact with before missing the cut at last weekend's tournament at Harbour Town in Hilton Head, S.C.
With McDowell out, this means Canadian David Hearn is now in the field for the Travelers according to TSN's Bob Weeks.
With the McDowell WD, David Hearn is now in the field at the Travelers.
— Bob Weeks (@BobWeeksTSN) June 24, 2020
This weekend's Travelers Championship is set to begin Thursday at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut.
McDowell said he does not expect to play again until at least the Workday Charity Open in Ohio scheduled for two weeks from now.
TSN.ca’s editorial policy on COVID-19 cases is to not identify athletes by name unless the league, team, player or player’s agent decides to make the information public.
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2020-06-24 12:36:59Z
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