US PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has reached out to younger Aussie golfer Jeffrey Guan who was launched from the Sydney Eye Hospital in early October after being struck by an errant golf ball throughout a pro-am event on the NSW south coast.
The freak accident occurred at a pro-am in Bateman’s Bay and only a week after the 20-year-old had made his PGA Tour debut in September on the Fortinet Championship in California.
Regardless of being launched from hospital and likewise now not beneath fixed medical supervision, there stays “no clear timeline” for Guan’s restoration.
And the long-term prognosis remained unsure as this difficulty of Inside Golf went to press.
The golf-related organisations – Golf Australia, Golf NSW and the PGA of Australia – proceed to take care of shut each day contact with Guan’s household, providing assist as they navigate the challenges forward.
Aussie journalist Bernie McGuire catches up with Jay Monahan at St Andrews.
Monahan was approached by famend Australian-born and occasional Inside Golf correspondent Bernie McGuire at St Andrews in the course of the current Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship the place Monahan was making his first look as a participant.
“I heard the horrible information about Jeffrey and clearly our ideas are with him and his household at this very tough time,” mentioned Monahan.
“It was such an unlucky scenario and we are saying our prayers and reassure Jeffrey that the Tour shall be there for him on his highway to restoration.
“I’m conscious the main golf our bodies in Australia are doing all they will for Jeffrey, with a few of their officers current final week in Canada on the Presidents Cup the place I managed to spend time with them.
“So, Jeffrey may be very a lot in our ideas.”
