Two spectators and one golf writer should have seen this coming.
Jon Rahm finished the 15th hole at Muirfield Village during a practice round for the Memorial. Walking to the next tee, two spectators approached for an autograph.
“I'm sorry, I can't,” Rahm replied. “I'm in contact tracing.”
That was a response never heard in the year since golf returned from its pause because of the pandemic, peculiar enough to wonder if that was the perfect answer to avoid having to stop to sign. And then a reminder of that moment returned three days later.
Rahm walked off the 18th green with a six-shot lead and a record-tying score for 54 holes.