Gaby Lopez thought she had done everything right.
She wore her facial covering in public. She practiced social distancing. She sanitized her hands multiple times a day.
After winning the second LPGA Tour event of her career in January, Lopez and the rest of the tour players were put on hiatus because of the coronavirus in March. A restart was planned for July, then later pushed back to late July.
Lopez, who had spent most of the pandemic at home in Mexico City, traveled to Toledo, Ohio, for the Drive On Championship. Lopez said she tested negative for covid-19 before she left for Ohio, but when she arrived at the Inverness Club, she was tested again and the result was positive.