He will now self-isolate per CDC guidelines. He is the 13th tour player to test positive for COVID during testing conducted in conjunction with tournaments.
Emerging Australian golf talent agency Searoo Sports has announced itself as a management company to watch, having secured a sponsor’s invitation for rising Japan Tour star Naoki Sekito to contest the Zozo Championship alongside a field headlined by defending champion Tiger Woods in Los Angeles this week.
As for the tour’s other two events on its Asian swing – the Zozo Championship in Japan and the WGC–HSBC Champions in China, held the two weeks after the CJ Cup – their fates are unclear.
All-time greats are capable of doing great things at any moment in their careers. And Tiger is maybe the greatest all-timer of all-timers, in any sport.
Tiger-mania was ramped up following Tiger Woods’ opening round of six-under par 64 in the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, but an impending typhoon has intervened and the start of the second round was postponed until Saturday morning (8:30am AEDT).
On Thursday at the Zozo Championship, Jordan Spieth’s tee shot at the par-4 ninth came to rest right behind a root, and rather than take an unplayable, he attempted to hit it.
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