Shaken PGA Tour player describes caddie collapse during AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

PGA Tour pro Harry Higgs has described how shaken players were after a caddie collapsed and needed CPR during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Ben Smith

04 Feb 2023

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PGA Tour pro Harry Higgs has described how shaken players were after a caddie collapsed and received CPR during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

At the time of writing the news is good, with various reports suggesting the looper will be okay after he was rushed to hospital.

The caddie collapsed on the 11th hole at Pebble Beach. He was eventually placed onto a stretcher and taken away by ambulance.

The scene was described by ESPN's Paolo Ugetti, who was there when it happened.

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

PGA Tour players Beau Hossler and Max McGreevy were in the group and were obviously affected by what happened.

According to Uggetti, they were at odds with PGA Tour officials about whether or not to continue playing.

They eventually returned to the clubhouse and later came back out to the course, playing at the back of the field.

Higgs was playing in the group behind.

He told the media:

"We get up there and the guys that were in the group were standing over there. Like no one knew what to do. I didn't want to be rude and keep playing."

Higgs said he was approximately 200 yards away from the medics "hammering away". Their group was eventually waived through.

Higgs continued:

"It was weird. We 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.

"[They were] hugging each other. I called a rules official over and just wanted to be like, 'Is this OK?'

"I don't want to be rude and keep going. It's like golf doesn't matter at all now, right?

"None of us have ever had to deal with that. No one in the NFL had ever had to deal with what happened, what, six, seven weeks ago. So there is no playbook. There is nothing to do."

Higgs was alluding to the moment Damar Hamlin, of the Buffalo Bills, suffered cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game.

He said that throughout the rest of the day, there was an eerie vibe with no energy.

Higgs added:

"Fortunately, we got some good news and kept going. I hope there's more good news in the coming hours and days. [It's] just a very difficult and kind of a first."

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