Monday, February 16, 2015


CADDIE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FALL ON PEBBLE 

BEACH ROCKS
 
FROM GOLF.COM
By Ryan Lavner
Golf fans held their breath as Jim Furyk attempted to play a shot from the rocky cliff to the right of the sixth fairway Pebble Beach on Sunday.
Furyk  emerged unscathed, but Matt Bettencourt’s caddie wasn’t as fortunate in another incident at the California seaside venue.
Caddie Brian Rush suffered a concussion, broke his shoulder and suffered a compound fracture in his forearm Sunday when he slipped and fell on the craggy coastline to the left of the 18th fairway.
Bettencourt told reporters that Rush’s left heel caught a piece of moss on the rock.
Rush, who is Bettencourt's brother-in-law, hit his head twice on the rock as he fell.
“It wasn’t really good,” Bettencourt said. “I was kind of scared for him. When his bone went through his arm, it was compound, so that was bad.” 
After 25 minutes, Rush was strapped to a stretcher, pulled up the hill and rushed to a local hospital. Playing his ninth hole of the day, Bettencourt had one of his friends in the gallery carry his bag for the remainder of the round. 

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