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IMO the problem is that they did the wrong thing from the outset. Unvaccinated, known exposure=quarantine, not test and see, and has since the start of the pandemic. Ergo, he should not have been allowed to compete this week at all, which, in retrospect, would have been infinitely preferable to what ended up happening.
Would he have been disappointed? Of course, but he would also have had no way of knowing that he would be firing on all cylinders and leading the tournament by six strokes, since, as far as I know, he doesn't have a crystal ball.