After watching some of his fellow PGA Tour pros withdraw from the Travelers Championship on Wednesday, Shane Lowry immediately picked up the phone.
A day earlier, he had played a practice round with Graeme McDowell, Brooks Koepka and Chase Koepka. All three of those players were among the five total WDs this week, as McDowell’s caddie, Ken Comboy, and Brooks Koepka’s caddie, Ricky Elliott, both tested positive for COVID-19.
Lowry needed to know if he, too, should pull out.
“I contacted the Tour pretty quickly because I asked them what did they think I should do because I wanted to do the right thing,” said Lowry, who decided to remain in the field and shot 4-under 66 Thursday.