• Thomas happy with Covid-19 protocols

    Justin Thomas
    Justin Thomas

    Justin Thomas insists he is impressed by and comfortable with the new yet drastic measures implemented by the PGA Tour to eliminate the risk of Covid-19 infection.

    This comes after 17 players and coaches from the Miami Marlins baseball team tested positive for coronavirus, which has caused a great deal of concern around the return to nationwide sports.

    Golf, though, has been hard at work to ensure a safe playing field, despite ten cases since the Tour’s resumption in June.

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    ‘I think we’re so fortunate in our sport, it’s different,’ Thomas said in preparation of this week’s WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational.

    ‘We don’t have the contact that basketball has, that football has. Baseball, we’re not touching the same thing as in a baseball. I have no physical touch with anybody in my group. I can stay away from them. And we’re outside. It’s so different compared to other sports

    ‘We’re not going to have any touch with [guests or observers]. It’s an opportunity for us to give back to them for doing what they’re doing for the tournament. I’m very comfortable. I feel as normal as possible other than the stuff [testing] you do at the beginning of the week, but after that it’s just become the norm and I have not once felt in danger. I’ve been pleasantly surprised.’

    This week’s event in Memphis will be the first to allow honorary guests to attend but under strict supervision.

     

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