Sports bettors who bet on Jon Rahm to win the PGA's Memorial Tournament last weekend were able to get their payouts despite the Spaniard being forced to withdraw from the tournament. tournament at the end of the third day after a positive test on COVID-18.
Rahm finished Saturday's action with a huge six-shot lead, but when the 18th green left, PGA officials approached him and gave him the message that he would not be able to compete on Sunday.
According to the report of Peasant! Sport,
Rahm was in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus but tested negative early in the tournament. After he made the cut on Friday, he was tested again, which came back positive as Rahm continued to play.
Surreal moment from television as six stroke leader Jon Rahm finds out he has tested positive for COVID and jim nantz trying to figure it out not knowing what rahm was told pic.twitter.com/WvD6LmAlxs
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 5, 2021
Several bookmakers decided to reward gamblers who placed bets on Rahm. DraftKings Sportsbook was one of the first to announce that they would rate all Rahm tickets as winning. BetMGM has also announced that it will pay out those who bet on it to be the winner, finish in the top 5, top 000 and top 19.
According to a tweet by Darren Rovell, FanDuel, PointsBet and William Hill also paid Rahm tickets as winners. Rovel said the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook will count those tickets as losers. One commenter on the tweet said that the huge Circa sports betting facility in downtown Las Vegas is also counting it as a loss.
Patrick Cantlay won the tournament. It was traded at +2200 odds when the tournament started last Thursday. Rahm was listed anywhere from +800 to +1300.
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