🚨 PGA Tour’s first positive COVID case & what to make of it (6/19)

The First Cut Golf

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Golf, Sports

4.4 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Golf twitter erupted on Friday afternoon after the PGA Tour announced Nick Watney tested positive for COVID-19. How did this happen and what does it mean for the PGA Tour going forward (0:20)? Webb Simpson is your 36-hole leader after an INCREDIBLE day on the putting surface. Bryson DeChambeau sits just one shot off that lead, can the swing machine or another player make a run over the weekend (12:36)? We wrap with our strategy to bet heading into the weekend. Who do Rick and Greg like to take home the tartan jacket (20:43)? ————————— 'First Cut' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @KylePorterCBS, @mark_immelman, @RickRunGood, @therealGFD Check us out on YouTube for video podcasts and exclusive content, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyeer4UbTK9pzZL9_hhCimA/ For more golf coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/golf/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.0	I'm Rick Gaiman, and today we are reacting to round two of the RBC Heritage
0:51.2	and some breaking news coming out of the tour. We'll also look ahead to Saturday's
0:57.6	third round and let's jump into this. Let me bring in my partner in crime for this evening.
1:03.1	You can find him on Twitter. It's at the real GFD. It's Greg Doucharm. What up, Greg.
1:08.1	Oh, man. I'm a little bit fired up today. Yeah, we are fired up.
1:11.8	Yeah.
1:12.4	That was a good little pregame talk.
1:15.5	So I'm fired up.
1:17.2	I'm not as excited as I normally am to cover the second round of a PGA tour event.
1:22.9	I would say I'm still optimistic, but I'm cautiously optimistic at this point.
1:28.5	So the reason you are cautiously optimistic is the news coming out on, what are we on Friday?
1:36.2	The time is crazy.
1:38.5	On Friday that Nick Watney became the first PGA tour positive test for COVID-19. He woke up this morning
1:48.8	indicated that he had symptoms, excuse me. He was recommended by a physician to get a test
1:57.7	done. And of course, the result of that that comeback positive he has withdrawn from the event
2:03.2	Greg so first let's there's a couple layers to this uh your initial reaction to and this golf is not
2:10.5	immune to this north american sports had a lot of news coming out today about you know clemson had
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