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Jack Nicklaus on Jon Rahm's WD at the Memorial: 'handled it with a lot of class'

Reactions to Rahm's withdrawal from Memorial

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DUBLIN, Ohio – In his six decades in the game, Saturday’s surreal scene around the 18th green at Muirfield Village was a first for Jack Nicklaus.

Nicklaus watched, like the rest of us, PGA Tour officials inform Jon Rahm, who had just tied the 54-hole scoring record for a six-stroke lead at the Memorial, that he must withdraw from the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19.

Rahm had been involved in contract tracing after being in close proximity with a person who had COVID-19.