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October 4th, 2021

The moustache is gone but Sam Burns remains an outlaw, taking the Sanderson Farms title

Andrew Landry, Cameron Young, Country Club of Jackson, Hayden Buckley, Henrik Norlander, Nick Watney., PGA Tour, Sahith Theegala, Sam Burns, Sanderson Farms Championship, Trey Mullinax

December 9th, 2020

The first PGA Tour pro to test positive for COVID-19 reflects on his surreal experience

Nick Watney talks about being the first player to have to withdraw from a tournament and what happened in the aftermath.

August 12th, 2020

The PGA Tour’s most nerve-wracking tournament won’t be quite so scary this week, and here’s why

Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week’s Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.

June 29th, 2020

Nick Watney shares ‘scary’ COVID story and thoughts about device that detected his illness

In the aftermath of Watney being present at the golf course while he waited for his ultimately positive test, the PGA Tour changed its policy as of Saturday at the Travelers Championship.

June 23rd, 2020

After a positive test, where does the PGA Tour go from here?

It is not a query that begets a singular, clear-cut answer. However, after speaking with tour and tournament officials, players, caddies and an epidemiologist, the response also is not as ambiguous as it may seem.

June 23rd, 2020

With just eight weeks until the Playoffs, the FedEx Cup standings don’t look anything like you’d expect

June 21st, 2020

Sergio Garcia says “other people probably deserved” COVID-19 more than Nick Watney

You know the cliché: It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Sergio Garcia believes this age-old adage applies to the current plight of Nick Watney, who on Friday became the first PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19.

June 21st, 2020

Did Nick Watney’s WHOOP fitness tracker provide the key to coronavirus diagnosis?

The first positive coronavirus diagnosis on the PGA Tour has brought with it a host of complicated questions, including what precisely led a player who tested negative earlier in the week to request a subsequent test Friday morning.

June 21st, 2020

PGA Tour tests 11 people for COVID-19 who got close to Nick Watney

The Tour didn’t release the names of specific people tested, but his Friday playing partners, Luke List and Vaughn Taylor (along with their caddies), were almost certainly among the 11.

June 20th, 2020

PGA Tour star tests positive for COVID-19, WDs from RBC Heritage

Nick Watney is the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive for COVID-19. He has withdrawn from the RBC Heritage and begun self-isolation, the Tour said in a statement overnight.