Caddie collapses, receives CPR amid AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

In a shocking incident, a caddie for an amateur collapsed during the second round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday. He was immediately given CPR and was quickly taken to the hospital.

As reported by ESPN's Paolo Uggetti, this happened on hole 11 when caddie for Pebble Beach businessman Geoff Couch collapsed on the fairway. The game was suspended for an hour for the caddie to receive extended care.

PGA Tour chief referee Gary Young informed that a spectator started giving CPR before the officer from Cal Fire took over.

The caddie’s group featured PGA Tour players Beau Hossler, Max McGreevy, and country singer Lukas Nelson, who were visibly shaken by what happened. They were allowed to pause for a while, although they returned after a couple of hours to finish their rounds. Other players and caddies could be seen hugging each other.

The PGA Tour didn't disclose any personal details about the caddie but assured everyone that he was doing better now.

"During the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, there was a medical emergency at No. 11 at Pebble Beach involving an amateur's caddie," the PGA Tour statement read. "The caddie has been rushed to Montage Health for evaluation.

"At the direction of the PGA Tour Rules Committee, the players in that group - Max McGreevy and Beau Hossler - paused play during the medical emergency and will be allowed to warm up and resume their round shortly."

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"There was no energy, no juice"- Harry Higgs on Pebble Beach caddie mishap

Max Mcgreevy didn't want to resume his second round of Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the caddie incident

As per McGreevy, the caddie fell on top of himself and they immediately took the bag off him so he could receive CPR.

Hossler wasn't comfortable resuming play immediately after that. Nelson also felt the same, citing the example of the Damar Hamlin incident on Monday Night Football last month. Hossler and McGreevy didn't speak to the media out of respect for Caddie's family.

Nelson recalled the incident stating that he feared that they would lose him.

"Luckily there was a police officer on the sidelines there and he [performed] CPR. So he came in and effectively saved his life," said Nelson.

Nelson added that he didn't feel it was right to continue the round after seeing what happened.

Harry Higgs was in the second group behind Hossler and McGreevy. He reckoned that the players were "visibly shaken".

"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," Higgs said. "I called a rules official over and just wanted to 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?"

Higgs added that they were informed that the caddie was in a better position, which felt like a relief. However, the 31-year-old said they felt weird for the rest of the day.

"There was no energy, no juice on any of the holes coming in," Higgs added.

Higgs hoped it would be the first and last incident like this.