Two Italian Golfers Quarantined On Eve Of Oman Open

A bizarre and surreal AP story details the Oman Open WD’s of Italians Lorenzo Gagli and Edoardo Molinari amid reports they have been isolated due to possible coronavirus exposure.

From the report:

Gagli tells Italian newspaper La Nazione that a European Tour doctor told him at breakfast Wednesday to return to his room. Molinari, his roommate for the week in Oman, was moved to another room.

Gagli said he was given a test and told the result would be available in two days, but that he would have to remain in the room until next Wednesday, meaning he also would have to withdraw from the Qatar Masters the following week.

''It's an inexplicable decision,'' Gagli said. ''Only us two have been excluded from the tournament, but I arrived in Muscat last Sunday and over the last few days I've worked out in the gym with dozens of other players. I ate with them and traveled by bus with them.

''If there was a risk of contagion, then they would have to isolate dozens of golfers and cancel the tournament.''

The European Tour has kept their comments to acknowledging the WD’s were on “medical grounds.”

A frequent presence on Twitter, Molinari has not posted anything since February 22nd.