After lighting up Muirfield Village Golf clubs with a Saturday 64, Jon Rahn walked off the 18th green with a commanding six-shot lead over Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay.

The Spaniard, who is ranked No. 2 on the Official World Golf Ranking, had every reason to feel on top of the world, but before he could walk up the hillside that was lined with fans and sign his scorecard, he was met by a PGA Tour official, stopped and told that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

As Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio reported from the course, Rahm was subject to contact-tracing protocols starting on Monday after coming in close contact with someone who had tested positive for the virus. He has been tested every day this week and the results had all been negative until Saturday when a test he took after his storm-delayed second round came back positive at 4:20 Saturday afternoon. A second test on the sample came back positive at 6:05 p.m. ET.

PGA Tour guidelines mandated that Rahm withdraw from the tournament immediately and go into isolation for 10 days. At this point, Rahm can leave isolation on June 15, which is the Tuesday of U.S. Open week.

The reaction to the news that Rahm tested positive and had to withdraw from The Memorial was swift and varied.

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