Sergio Garcia and Nick Watney flew together from their homes in Austin, Texas, to South Carolina this week for the RBC Heritage, thanks to a private plane Garcia had access to.
The move is a common one for the two friends, one they didn’t think twice about.
But after Watney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday — which forced him to withdraw from the tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links and marked the PGA Tour’s first positive test since play resumed last week — Garcia was worried.
Not only because he could have contracted the virus, but also because it could have forced him out of the tournament, and he didn’t want to miss the cut two weeks in a row.