Rahm ended Saturday's action with a huge six-shot advantage, but when the 18th green left, PGA officials approached him and informed him that he would not be allowed to start on Sunday.
According to the report of Peasant! Sport,
Rahm has been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus but tested negative at the start of the tournament. After he made the cut on Friday, he was retested positive while Rahm was still playing.
Surreal moment from television when six-stroke leader Jon Rahm learns he has tested positive for COVID and Jim Nantz tries to understand it, not knowing what Rahm was told pic.twitter.com/WvD6LmAlxs
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Several bookmakers have chosen to reward gamblers who have placed bets on Rahm. The DraftKings Sportsbook was among the first to announce that they would rate all Rahm tickets as winners. BetMGM also announced that it will pay out those who bet on him to be the winner, finish in the top 5, top 000 and top 19.
According to Darren's tweet, Rovell, FanDuel, PointsBet and William Hill also paid out Rahm tickets as winners. Rovel said the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook will be the losers on those tickets. One commentator on the tweet said Circa's huge bookmaker in downtown Las Vegas was also counting it as a loser.
Patrick Cantlay won the tournament. It was traded at +2200 when the tournament started last Thursday. Rahm was listed anywhere from +800 to +1300.