World No. 1 Golfer Jon Rahm Withdraws from Olympics After Testing Positive for COVID

Spain's Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Summer Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the International Golf Federation announced Sunday.

Rahm, the world's No. 1-ranked golfer and presumptive favorite in Tokyo, has tested positive twice in the past two months. He told reporters in June that he was vaccinated but not out of the two-week window for the vaccination to take effect when he was forced to withdraw ahead of the fourth round of the Memorial Tournament.

"Well, truth is I was vaccinated," Rahm said. "I just wasn't out of that 14-day period. I had started the process, and unfortunately, that's how timing ended up being. Yeah, I was vaccinated. It's just I was still within…