Sergio García, 2017 Masters champ, out of 2020 Masters due to COVID

It’s a 2020 tradition unlike any other: A positive test. Today, Sergio García withdrew from The Masters, the year’s final major championship, due to a positive COVID-19 test. García won a green jacket in 2017 and has not missed a major championship in over 20 years. He had a COVID scare earlier this year, when Nick Watney became the first PGA Tour player to contract the virus. Garcia had shared a private plane with Watney a few days before his positive test. “Unfortunately, it had to happen to him,” Garcia said at the time of his best friend. “There’s a lot of other people that probably deserved it a lot more than him, and he’s the one that got it.” The later comment was… bizarre and used as headlines across golf media. In a statement on social media, García wro…