Amateur caddie suffers medical emergency, receives CPR on course at 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am during Friday’s round
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A scary situation unfolded on Friday during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
A caddie for one of the amateurs playing alongside pros Beau Hossler and Max McGreevy collapsed on the 11th hole of Pebble Beach Golf Links, according to Paolo Uggetti of ESPN.
Geoff Couch and Lukas Nelson are the amateurs playing with Hossler and McGreevy.
He’s still receiving CPR as they stretcher him to an ambulance here at the 11th. Play has been stopped pic.twitter.com/z4wIYVJvWg
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) February 3, 2023
Uggetti reported that the caddie was receiving CPR while being taken to an ambulance. He also chronicled that PGA Tour rules officials were encouraging Hossler and McGreevy to resume play, but neither Hossler nor McGreevy were comfortable continuing play.
Uggetti also reported that PGA Tour officials offered to let the players step aside so other groups could play through, but McGreevy told Uggetti that he couldn’t see his group resuming Friday.
Players and caddies now hugging each other. Lukas Nelson, the other amateur, just told me the caddie who collapsed is “doing better.” The group is headed back to the clubhouse to regroup. Unclear if they’ll continue play.
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) February 3, 2023
The PGA Tour released a statement Friday afternoon about the incident.
PGA TOUR Statement pic.twitter.com/lXpRyMYUxl
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) February 3, 2023
The scene was jarring especially in light of the recent incident involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who was resuscitated twice following a cardiac arrest during a National Football League matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2.
Hamlin collapsed with 5:58 remaining in the first quarter of the game, which was temporarily suspended and then subsequently postponed. His heartbeat was restored on the field before he was transferred to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for further testing and treatment.
