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Brooks Koepka and Webb Simpson were among five players who withdrew from the Travelers Championship, four of them out of an abundance of caution over the coronavirus

Brooks Koepka and Webb Simpson were among five players who with drew from the Travelers Championship, four of them out of a chain-reaction abundance of caution over the coronavirus that put the PGA Tour on notice.

“The snowball is getting a little bit bigger,” Graeme McDowell told

The Associated Press after withdrawing Wednesday because his long time cad die, Ken Com boy, tested positive f or the virus.

The tour released results that showed three positive tests at the TPC River Highlands in Connecticut — Cameron Champ and the caddies for Koepka and McDowell. There were no positive tests on the Korn Ferry Tour event in Utah.

As it enters the third week in its return from the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down golf for three months, the tour has administered 2,757 tests at PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour events in five states, with seven positive results.

On the PGA Tour alone, there have been 1,382 tests and four positive results.

“It's a low number on a percentage basis, but e very number hurts, ” PGA Tour Commissioner

Jay Mon a hans aid .“I think we all need to remind ourselves that we're all learning to live with this virus.

"It's pretty clear that this virus isn' t going anywhere.”

Nick Watney was the first player to test positive last week at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which was tee ming with people on summer vacation.