⁍ Player, caddies and other essential golf personnel entering the United States for a PGA Tour event no longer must quarantine for 14 days.

⁍ Officials in the White House made the decision on Friday.

⁍ The change allows players to enter two of the biggest events of the abbreviated season.

– It’s no longer mandatory for golf players to be quarantined if they’re coming to the US for a PGA Tour event. The White House has dropped the requirement that players and caddies be quarantined for 14 days, reports USA Today. The exemption applies to the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis, which begins Thursday, and the PGA Championship in San Francisco the following week. The PGA Tour requires “rigorous testing for COVID-19 and takes other health and safety precautions,” according to an email sent to players Saturday. “I know they’ve dropped the two-week quarantine now, but I still don’t feel comfortable and I don’t feel like it is right to jump on a plane for 12 hours,” British Masters champion Lee Westwood told reporters Saturday. “I’ve felt like out of my comfort zone this week, so, if I got to Memphis, I would feel uncomfortable playing golf tournaments at the moment.” Westwood, who is asthmatic, says he’s still worried about the outbreak of COVID-19 in the US. “The two American tournaments, next week and the following week, I’m still concerned that America doesn’t take it as seriously as the rest of the world,” he said. “It still seems to be one of the hot spots for outbreaks. I can control me not getting the virus and take all the measures I can, but somebody might pass it on. I don’t really want to get ill with it and I’m slightly asthmatic. If I tested (positive) in Memphis I would have to stay there for two weeks.”