{"id":279423,"date":"2025-04-11T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/caddie-for-amateur-at-pebble-beach-collapses-during-tourney\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:27:18","slug":"caddie-for-amateur-at-pebble-beach-collapses-during-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/caddie-for-amateur-at-pebble-beach-collapses-during-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Caddie for amateur at Pebble Beach collapses during tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The caddie for an amateur in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am collapsed on the 11th fairway, and CPR was performed on him until an ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital.<\/p>\n

In a tournament known for its easy vibe with celebrities and scenery, the final three hours at Pebble Beach took on a somber tone, particularly those on and around the 11th hole when the caddie fell over on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The PGA Tour did not release his name. Early reports were the caddie\u2019s condition was improving. He was working for Pebble Beach businessman Geoff Couch, who did not return to finish the round.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI turn around and he\u2019s on the ground and I ran over to him and turned him over,\u201d said country singer Lukas Nelson, the other amateur in the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he didn\u2019t have a lot of color in him. Luckily, there was a police officer on the sideline. He knew CPR so he came in and effectively saved his life.\u201d Gary Young, the PGA Tour\u2019s chief referee, said a spectator began the CPR and an officer from Cal Fire took over from there.<\/p>\n

PGA Tour players Beau Hossler and Max McGreevy, after consultation with PGA Tour officials, chose not to speak to reporters out of respect to the caddie\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was especially jarring, the weirdest thing that can happen on a golf course,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe good news is he\u2019s at the moment doing better. From my perspective, it seemed like we lost him. And he\u2019s still with us, so that\u2019s important.\u201d After consulting with a PGA Tour rules official, Hossler and McGreevy marked their golf balls on the 11th hole and returned to the clubhouse. They were able to warm up and returned to the 11th hole after every group had come through to finish the round.<\/p>\n

Harry Higgs was playing two groups behind and saw it all unfold. It brought back memories of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game against Cincinnati and had to be resuscitated on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had some shades of that,\u201d Higgs said. \u201cI was standing on the tee. They looked like they were 250 yards away, maybe even less, and they were hammering away CPR on the gentleman. It was weird.\u201d The groups behind, which included retired All-Pro receiver Larry Fitzgerald, played through as the tour figured out what the players wanted to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe teed off on 11 and once I got up there and saw the group that the caddie was in, they were off to the side and they were obviously very emotional, hugging each other,\u201d Higgs said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI called a rules official over and just wanted to like, Is this OK? I don\u2019t want to be rude and keep going.\u2019 It\u2019s like golf doesn\u2019t matter at all now, right?\u201d Nelson wasn\u2019t sure he wanted to return, a feeling shared by others, except for getting good reports on the caddie\u2019s improved condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody on property knew what had happened and everybody was flat,\u201d Higgs said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no energy, no juice on any of the holes coming in. \u2026 Fortunately, we got some good news and kept going. I hope there\u2019s more good news in the coming hours and days. Just very difficult and kind of a first \u2014 hopefully, a last.\u201d Two years, caddie Alberto Olguin collapsed on the ninth tee during a PGA Tour Latinoamerica event and died an hour later at a hosptial in Mexico.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the first round of a Ladies European Tour event in Dubai was suspended when caddie Max Zechmann collapsed on the 13th fairway and died at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

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At the 2014 Madeira Island Open on the European Tour, caddie Ian MacGregor collapsed and died on the ninth hole while working for Alastair Forsyth. The tournament continued when Forsyth said that\u2019s what his caddie would have wanted. One player, Peter Lawrie, withdrew out of respect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n