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.)
