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May 4, 2021 | 1:38 PM
Brendon Todd has withdrawn from this week’s Wells Fargo Championship after testing positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday.
He will be replaced in the field by first alternate J.J. Spaun when play begins on Thursday at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.
Todd, 35, has three career victories on the PGA Tour and is currently at No. 57 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Last month, Todd finished tied for 46th at The Masters and tied for 39th at the RBC Heritage.
(Field Level Media)
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Monday Finish: Five things from Valspar Championship
Burns breaks through, series of close calls steeled him for final round at Copperhead May 03, 2021
Sam Burns won the 2021 Valspar Championship. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Holding steady in gusty conditions and drawing on close calls earlier this season, Sam Burns cards a final-round 68 to hold off Keegan Bradley (71) by three at the Valspar Championship.
With his first PGA TOUR win, Burns moves from 47th to 14th in the FedExCup – making him the biggest mover of the week – and becomes the second-youngest Valspar champ (24 years, 9 months, 9 days) after Jordan Spieth (21) in 2015.
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Four and a half years ago, John Catlin was contemplating whether professional golf was still for him. Now, heâs a three-time winner on the European Tour and targeting the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Catlinâs route to the winnerâs circle on the European Tour has been far from a conventional one.
The American is now known for carving his career out as a multiple winner on the Asian Tour before earning his status out in Europe, but before success came a time when he almost gave up entirely.
Back in 2016, Catlin was trying to split his time playing on both the Canadian and Asian Tours, and his game suffered as a result.
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