Golf Channel · Jun 19, 2020
Nick Watney tests positive for coronavirus, WDs from RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Nick Watney became the first PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19 since the circuit restarted its schedule last week. Watney, who shot a first-round 74, withdrew from the RBC Heritage on Friday, and according to the Tour he is in self isolation.
Watney missed the cut in the Tour’s first event back last week but he did not travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., on the circuit’s charter flight.
According to a press release from the Tour he "indicated he had symptoms consistent with the illness” early Friday and consulted a physician. He was tested and found to be positive.