Report: PGA Tour pro involved in serious scooter crash in Bermuda

Grayson Murray was involved in a scooter crash before this week's Butterfield Bermuda Championship on the PGA Tour, forcing his withdrawal from the tournament held at Port Royal Golf Course. 

According to the Royal Gazette, Murray and his caddie Douglas Schwimer were riding scooters on Tuesday, October 22 in the town of Puget. 

They were reportedly en route to their hotel but as Murray was turning a bend, he collided with a car that was coming in the opposite direction. 

A police spokesperson told the Gazette: 

Thankfully Murray is okay, despite telling Golfweek that he needed 50 stitches for cuts. Of those, 25 were on his face.

He told the publication: 

This is a picture from the scene:

BREAKING @PGATOUR

Source: Pro golfer Grayson Murray in Bermuda for @Bermuda_Champ seriously injured in rental scooter accident. Likely out of tournament. Caddie also hurt. @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/hxEWUJmyYx

— Glenn Jones (@GlennNBCBoston) October 26, 2022

Murray told the publication he was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the collision. 

The American, 29, has previously been candid about his battle with alcoholism. 

Related: The time Grayson Murray snapped his putter at U.S. Open

When he was 27, he publicly criticised the PGA and accused the Tour of refusing to help. 

In a post on social media, he previously wrote: 

Murray has won once on the PGA Tour. That victory came at the 2017 Barbasol Classic. 

He hit the headlines earlier this year over an apparent feud with Kevin Na, who now plays on the LIV Golf Tour. 

Na was also involved in a tense exchange with Ian Poulter this week ahead of LIV's season-ending event in Miami at Trump Doral National, but there was speculation it was just a bit of harmless fun. 

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