College golfer forced to pull out of NCAA Championship with bizarre injury after stepping on a TEE and puncturing his shoe and foot
- It was a very painful end to the collegiate golf season for Oregon’s Gregory Solhaug
- He impaled his left foot on a wooden golf tee at the Arizona 11th hole event
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University of Oregon golfer Gregory Solhaug literally endured a painful end to his NCAA championship.
The student was forced to withdraw from the tournament after a freak accident caused him to step on a wooden tee, as first reported by Golf week.
Solhaug’s nasty injury occurred Saturday on the tee box on the 11th hole at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the tee going through his shoe and piercing his left foot.
“Oregon student-athlete Gregory Solhaug suffered a foot injury during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships and was forced to withdraw from the competition,” NCAA’s deputy director for media coordination and statistics Rick Nixon said in a statement. .
“Oregon, who completed Saturday’s second round with four players, will have the option to replace another player in their team line-up for subsequent rounds of competition, if they see fit.”
University of Oregon golfer Gregory Solhaug impaled his left foot on a wooden tee on Saturday
Collegiate golfer was forced to pull out of his college’s final game of the season due to injury
An image shared by Cameron Jourdan of Golf Week showed Solhaug on crutches with a heavily strapped foot. Reportedly, he will be able to walk unassisted in two weeks.
“I’ve been in golf for almost 50 years and I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Oregon men’s coach Casey Martin.
“He was in a lot of pain.”
Solhaug was on two-over-par over 10 holes when the tee impaled his foot. Gabriel Hari stepped in for the hurt Solhaug, but Oregon finished in 27th.
The Ducks posted a 19-over 299, 48 shots behind leader Illinois.
A young Solhaug pictured with 15-time grand winner Tiger Woods five years ago
It was the last tournament of the season and the top 15 teams reached a final round.
“We’ve had a great year,” added Martin.
“It’s hard because you don’t want to end up like that, but we’ve had a great year and we have nothing to be ashamed of. We just ran out of gas.
“We had a lot of setbacks here this weekend, but that doesn’t matter. The kids are resilient, we’ll be right back and we’ll do it again next year. I’m really proud of them.’