DETROIT – Cameron Champ lathered up his hands with sanitizer as he made the turn Thursday in the Rocket Mortgage Classic, trying to stay healthy enough to keep competing.
“I use it as much as I see it out there,” he said after shooting a 3-under-par 69, putting him four shots back after the opening round.
Champ was added to the field at Detroit Golf Club under a modified PGA Tour policy that allows players who test positive for the coronavirus to be eligible if they show no symptoms and get two negative test results at least 24 hours apart.
Champ, however, said he does not believe he ever had COVID-19.
“Through the specialist that we worked with, at this point it’s clear that I never had it,” he said. “Still being precautious because if I happen to do get it, then it affects my family deeply.”