Golfer Andrea Pavan has pulled out of this week's DP World Tour event in South Africa after he was hospitalized following a fall down an elevator shaft.
According toRyan French of Monday Q InfoandGolf Channel's Brentley Romine, the 36-year-old two-time DP World Tour winner fell multiple floors in a building where he was staying after the doors of the elevator opened, but no cab was there and Pavan stepped through.
The Rome, Italy, native reportedly needed "extensive" surgeries on Wednesday night for his injuries, which included his shoulder and back.
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"By all accounts, he's in good spirits, thankful to be alive and FaceTiming with his kids," J.T. Higgins, Pavan's college coach at Texas A&M, told Romine.
The DP World Tour confirmed Pavan's withdrawal due to injury, but did not offer specifics.
Pavan has eight total wins in his professional career, the last coming at the 2019 BMW International Open in Germany where he beat Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff. While at Texas A&M, he was a part of the program's 2009 NCAA championship team. He has played in three majors, including last year's U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.
