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The Valspar Championship had a stoppage successful play connected Saturday erstwhile a young woman was deed by a play cart, and Brooks Koepka, backmost connected nan PGA Tour aft defecting to LIV Golf, sprang into action.
Koepka was spotted moving complete to nan woman to comfortableness her aft she ended up underneath nan golf cart, which was moving astir spectators. At nan time, Koepka was playing nan par 3 15th hole.
NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks said nan woman ended up nether nan play cart, but did not suffer superior injury.
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Brooks Koepka of nan United States reacts connected nan 5th greenish during nan 3rd information of nan Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
"She’s going to beryllium OK aft aesculapian evaluation," stepping newsman Smylie Kaufman said complete nan air. "Very scary moment."
Koepka, who heads into nan last information connected Sunday tied for 13th pinch a 5-under score, said astir nan incident aft his Saturday round.
"I conscionable felt unspeakable for, I judge her sanction is Shay, truthful from each nan reports you’ve sewage she’s OK, thankfully," Koepka said, according to Golf.com. "So, that’s each that matters, arsenic agelong arsenic she’s OK."
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Koepka added that he thought she was "probably a small scared."
"I conscionable felt for her astatine nan time. So, it’s unfortunate, it shouldn’t person happened, but arsenic agelong arsenic she’s OK, no, thing crazy happened to her, past it will beryllium OK."
Koepka said nan infinitesimal didn’t impact him erstwhile he sewage backmost to play connected nan course.
Brooks Koepka of nan United States looks connected from nan sixth tee during nan 3rd information of nan Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
The five-time awesome title victor made headlines erstwhile he reached an statement pinch nan PGA Tour to return aft defecting to LIV Golf aft much than 4 years pinch nan Saudi-backed rival tour. At nan time, Koepka cited much family clip arsenic a cardinal facet to his determination to get retired of his LIV Golf deal.
"Brooks has felt complete nan years that nan recreation being truthful aggravated and truthful world that it kept him distant from his family, and I deliberation arsenic clip went on, he longed to walk much clip pinch his family and beryllium person to nan U.S.," Freedman, a co-founder of Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley LLP, told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.
LIV Golf has had circuit stops successful Australia, Singapore and different places astir nan world.
Freedman besides praised nan PGA Tour for welcoming Koepka backmost pinch semi-open arms.
Brooks Koepka of nan United States looks connected from nan sixth tee during nan 3rd information of nan Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
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"I deliberation nan guidance was really positive. It’s great. The PGA has been wonderful, they welcomed him back. There are surely restrictions that he has, and he'll abide by them. "But I deliberation they person been unthinkable successful nan measurement successful which they person welcomed him back," Freedman explained. "I deliberation he's really excited. I deliberation he's excited to make amends pinch nan players and do his champion to conscionable benignant of beryllium a golfer among golfers, arsenic a worker among workers, and really spell successful location and beryllium humble and locomotion successful pinch nan humility and nan grace that Brooks walks astir with."
In his 4 events frankincense acold this season, Koepka has 1 top-10 and 2 top-25 finishes, making 3 of 4 cuts successful a successful return to nan PGA Tour.
Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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