Singapore health officials said Friday it was "very unlikely" that professional golfer Natalie Gulbis had contracted malaria while in the city-state.
The 30-year-old American withdrew from the Founders Cup tournament in Phoenix, Arizona this week after being diagnosed with the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.
She had also pulled out of the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore two weeks ago.
Fears of a malaria outbreak swirled in early March after top golf coach Butch Harmon tweeted that Gulbis and South Korea's Pak Se Ri, who also withdrew from the Singapore event, were in hospital. Full story
