Grayson Murray injured in severe scooter accident ahead of 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

The accident caused Murray, 29, to withdraw from the PGA Tour event.

Grayson Murray, who was scheduled to play in the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship this week, was involved in a severe scooter accident causing him to withdraw from the PGA Tour event.

Tourists are not permitted to rent vehicles in Bermuda and scooters are the easiest way to get around. After an afternoon at the beach on Tuesday, Murray was riding back to his hotel around 4 p.m. when he steered around a bend and neared the center line. The car on the opposite side also neared the center line resulting in Murray colliding with the corner of the front of the vehicle and rolling 20 feet.

Murray’s caddie for the week, Doug Schwimer, was riding on another scooter directly behind him and tried to stop and help as he watched the accident occur. Schwimer was trying to get off the scooter quickly before coming to a complete stop and fell off, but only experienced road rash and was not transported to the hospital.

Following the accident, Murray was unconscious and vaguely remembers waiting for the ambulance. The 29-year-old Murray has one PGA Tour win, which came in 2017 at the Barbasol Championship.

Murray did not break any bones but received 50 stitches — 25 stitches on his face, 10 on his leg and others on various parts of his body. He believes he might have suffered some ligament damage in his knee and will see a specialist on Friday after he returns to his home in North Carolina.

Since Murray is unable to play and withdrew from the event, Schwimer will now caddie for Johnson Wagner, who got into the field as an alternate because of Murray’s accident.

Schwimer asked Murray if it was OK to caddie for another player in the event, and he encouraged him to do so since he was already on the island.

(Editor’s note: This post has been modified as an investigation continues.)

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Willie Mack III wins Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship in three-way playoff

Next up for Mack is the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School.

Willie Mack III won the inaugural Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship on Wednesday after outlasting Joseph Hooks and Marcus Byrd in a three-way playoff.

In the first international competition for the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour, Mack needed just a tap-in par on the first playoff to clinch the title at Port Royal Golf Course.

Hooks led after 18 holes and after 36, the three were tied at 4-under (138). Replaying the 18th hole, Mack made his par while Byrd and Hooks couldn’t match. Mack takes the $15,000 first-place prize from the purse of $60,000, which was the fourth-largest in the history of the APGA Tour.

“I tried not to make mistakes today,” said Mack. “My putting was there today when I needed it. Hopefully, I can bring what I accomplished this week into next week. It was good to play a PGA Tour-level course these last two days.”

Next up for Mack is the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School at Plantation Preserve Golf Club in Plantation, Florida.

The APGA Tour’s first-ever Farmers Insurance Fall Series continues at the APGA Tour Charlie Sifford Centennial at Kingswood Forest Golf Club, in Houston, Oct 25-26.

The PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship will also be played at Port Royal, Oct. 27-30.

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APGA Tour makes history with first international event at 2022 Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship

The field will compete for $60,000 in prize money, the fourth-largest purse on tour.

When the APGA Tour began in 2010, it offered just three tournaments with 80 competitors playing for $40,000 in prize money.

Over the last 12 years, the tour has taken significant steps forward in its mission to help prepare minority players compete at the highest levels of professional golf, and this week marks another historic moment as the APGA Tour hosts its first international event.

The 2022 Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship begins Tuesday, Oct. 11 and ends Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Port Royal Golf Course, also the host of the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Oct. 27–30). Kevin Hall, Kamaiu Johnson, Willie Mack, Marcus Byrd, Tim O’Neal and 17 of the APGA Tour’s top players as well as four local Bermudian qualifiers – Cory DeSilva, Oliver Betschart, Camiko Smith and Damian Palanyandi – will compete for $60,000 in prize money, the fourth-largest purse on tour.

The event in Bermuda is the 16th of the 2022 season on the APGA Tour, which has expanded to 18 events with $900,000 in prize money. The season concludes with the final two events of the Farmers Insurance Fall Series at the APGA Tour Charlie Sifford Centennial in Houston (Oct. 25-26) and the APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Fall Series Finale at Tustin Ranch in Los Angeles (Nov. 8-10).

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