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Lee Westwood Says Quarantining for PGA Tour Events 'Just Not Worth It'

Lee Westwood is planning to skip the Charles Schwab Challenge and the RBC Heritage when PGA Tour events resume next month.

The reason? He doesn't believe quarantining for two weeks when he arrives in the United States from his home in the United Kingdom—mandatory for any international traveler coming into the country during the coronavirus pandemic—is worth the trouble.

"Right now, I won't be playing them," he told the Golf Channel during an interview Wednesday (h/t Bob Harig of ESPN). "Not with having to leave here two weeks before, quarantine, then play the two tournaments, then come back here and quarantine again.