Pete Cowen Believes He Has Coronavirus, Pleads For All To Take Precautions
/James Corrigan of the Telegraph delivers disheartening news on so many fronts, as Pete Cowen, instructor and all-around great figure in golf, believes he has COVD-19 but has not been tested.
Either way, he feels awful and is urging all to do whatever they can not to get infected. From Corrigan’s story:
“You really don’t want this,” Cowen said on Sunday. “I’m feeling horrendous and wouldn’t wish this on anyone; no matter how young and fit they may be.”
Cowen was most recently at the Players Championship, where he was working with his various top players, including Brooks Koepka and Gary Woodland.
**Brian Wacker at GolfDigest.com files this after communicating with Cowen, with this and more comments from the instructor:
After arriving home in Yorkshire and a few days of self-isolating, Cowen said that he began to feel the effects last Monday, so he and his wife called for an ambulance. Upon its arrival, Cowen said he was told that he showed all the signs of having the virus.
“Low oxygen blood levels, high temperature, hot and cold shivers, racing heart rate, shortage of breath, continuous deep cough,” Cowen said via text. “They said I had all the symptoms but there’s nothing they could do about it other than give me [pain and fever medication] and fluids."