Garcia to sit out week before Masters to minimize COVID-19 risk

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Sergio Garcia will not compete in the final Masters tune-up event in a bid to avoid potential COVID-19 exposure with fans ahead of the year's first major, the former champion said on Thursday. Garcia, who withdrew from last November's Masters after testing positive for the virus days before the tournament began, said it is great to see fans returning to PGA Tour events but to avoid risk he felt it was best to sit out the April 1-4 Texas Open. "I'm not playing the week before (the Masters), we have fans back, so you know that at any time you might get it from any one of them," Garcia said after carding 65 to grab the early first-round lead at The Players Championship.

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