Golf legendJack Nicklaus has revealed he and his wife Barbara, both 80, tested positive forcoronavirus in March.- "I had a sore throat and a cough, it didn't last very long," Nicklaus told CBS on Sunday. "We were very, very fortunate, we were lucky."
- The 18-time major champion added: "Our hearts do go out to the people who did lose their lives and their families."
- Tiger Woods said the fact that Nicklaus and his wife got through the ordeal unscathed was "good news for all of us who are a part of golf," according to Sky Sports.
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus has revealed he tested positive for coronavirus in March, but says he only experienced a "sore throat and a cough."
Nicklaus said his wife, Barbara, also 80, tested positive too but was asymptomatic.
"I had a sore throat and a cough, it didn't last very long," Nicklaus said during CBS' live coverage of the final round of the Memorial Tournament on Sunday. "We were very, very fortunate, we were lucky.
"Barbara and I are both of the age, both of us 80-years-old, that it's an at risk age. Our hearts do go out to the people who did lose their lives and their families.
"We were just a couple of the lucky ones, so we feel very strongly about trying to work with the people that are working with those that are taking care of those who have COVID-19."
He added: "We've [now] got the antibodies and theoretically we can't get it and can't give it. That's a nice position to be in."
Nicklaus founded the Memorial Tournament in 1976. Played in Muirfield Village, Ohio, just North of where the 18-time major champion was raised, the invitational was designed to pay homage to his roots and give back to the community that helped kick start his golf career.
It has usually been tradition for Nicklaus to shake the winner's hand on the 18th green, however on Sunday, he and winner Jon Rahm instead bumped fists.
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Tiger Woods, who has won the Memorial of five different occasions, said he had known about Nicklaus' positive test for some time, and is happy he and his wife came through the ordeal ultimately unscathed.
"The fact that they got through it and they're safe and here and healthy, its all good news for all of us who are a part of golf and who looked up to Jack and [have] been around Barbara all these years," Woods said, according to Sky Sports.
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