Tony Finau Tests Positive For COVID-19, Won’t Participate In This Week’s Events

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah native PGA tour golfer Tony Finau tested positive for COVID-19, according to an official statement from the PGA Tour.

Finau’s positive test came during the screening process for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, he was withdrawn from the event.

BREAKING: Tony Finau has tested positive for COVID-19 and won't be participating in this week's @PGATOUR event.

More details coming soon on https://t.co/4kU961CZ7h pic.twitter.com/hNjPtGVSwA

— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 6, 2020

His last competition was the U.S. Open where he finished in the top 10 at the Winged Foot Golf Club in New York.

“Finau, who last competed at the U.S. Open, will have the PGA Tour’s full support throughout his self-isolation period under CDC guidelines,” said the statement from the Tour.

Bronson Burgoon will replace Finau as first alternate, according to the PGA Tour.

Tony Finau’s Response To Positive COVID-19 Test

Finau announced the positive test on twitter, ensuring fans he is, “feeling well, and am otherwise in good spirits.”

Earlier today, I received a positive result for Covid-19 under PGA TOUR on-site testing protocols and have begun a period of self-quarantine to protect others around me. I am feeling well, and am otherwise in good spirits.

— Tony Finau Golf (@tonyfinaugolf) October 6, 2020

According to Finau, he has begun a period of self-quarantine to “protect others around me.”

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