After his advance exit from the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship last week, Chase Koepka is gaining entrance into the Workday Charity Open next week.

Koepka and his older brother, tour star Brooks Koepka, pulled out of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., after Brooks Koepka's caddie tested positive for the coronavirus. Both Koepka brothers tested negative for COVID-19, and they said they were withdrawing as a precaution to prevent the possible spread of the virus.

Chase Koepka had made the Travelers field as a qualifier early last week.

On Thursday, the PGA Tour announced that it was giving Chase Koepka a place in the field for the July 9-12 event at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. As a result, the Workday Charity Open will feature 157 players instead of the planned 156.

PGA Tour chief of operations Tyler Dennis said in a statement, "Given the extraordinary circumstances that led to his withdrawal after Monday qualifying, a start in the Workday Charity Open as a result of his selfless act was the right thing to do.

"The term 'abundance of caution' was not part of our vernacular four months ago and to that point, I can't say enough about our players that put their Tour -- and the health and safety of their peers and all involved with our tournaments and our communities -- above their own goals."

Chase Koepka, 26, spent the 2018 season playing on the European Tour, and he competed on Europe's second-tier Challenge Tour in 2019. He has appeared in only a handful of U.S. PGA Tour events, most recently coming in 67th in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and tying for 46th in the The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, both last October.

The Travelers Championship has stated that it will give Chase Koepka an exemption into its field next year.

--Field Level Media