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Rested Jon Rahm explains 'unfortunate' COVID situation that cost him Olympics

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – By now, it’s the uncertainty of it all that bothers Jon Rahm.

Initially, it was the shock of another positive COVID-19 test and his inability to represent Spain in the Olympics that hurt the most. But now it’s all the unknowns that haunt him.

“This was a little harder to digest than Memorial, because I've done everything the system tells me to do,” said Rahm, who was forced to withdraw from the Memorial in June with a six-stroke lead through three rounds after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Rahm, who is making his first start since The Open at this week’s Northern Trust, was poised to travel to Tokyo for the Summer Games.