Adam Hagy-USA TODAY Sports
Scottie Scheffler became the second player forced to withdraw from a major championship because of the coronavirus with a positive test result that knocks him out of the U.S. Open this week at Winged Foot.
The USGA said Scheffler, the leading candidate as PGA Tour rookie of the year, was asymptomatic and at home in Dallas.
Scheffler was replaced in the field by Branden Grace, who was the first alternate based on the Aug. 23 world ranking. Oddly enough, Grace had to withdraw from the PGA Championship last month when he tested positive for the virus.