{"id":556025,"date":"2026-03-22T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556025\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:25:10","slug":"little-girl-hit-by-golf-cart-at-valspar-championship-brooks-koepka-helped-kid-trapped-underneath-cart-third-round-leaderboard-scores-pictures-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/556025\/","title":{"rendered":"little girl hit by golf cart at Valspar Championship, Brooks Koepka helped kid trapped underneath cart, third round leaderboard, scores, pictures, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little girl was reportedly hit by a golf cart, and then was stuck underneath the cut, in what was described as a \u201cvery scary moment\u201d during the third round of the PGA Tour\u2019s Valspar Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The girl was struck by a cart beside the par 3 15th at Innisbrook Resort in Florida and was quickly attended to by medical stuff, who thankfully cleared her of any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 PGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/golf?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brooks Koepka was one of the first people on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened after the former LIV star and his playing partner Danny Walker struck their tee shots.<\/p>\n<p>Professional turned commentator Smylie Kaufmann was the on course reporter and said on the broadcast: \u201cBrooks Koepka went underneath the ropes to talk to the girl and comfort her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s going to be okay after medical evaluation,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery scary moment &#8230; I am sure Brooks Koepka\u2019s head is still spinning a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koepka was asked about the incident post-round and how it effected him.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time major winner said he was simply relieved that the girl was okay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not golf-wise, no. I just felt terrible for, I believe her name is Shay, so from all the reports you\u2019ve got she\u2019s okay, thankfully,\u201d Koepka told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s all that matters, as long as she\u2019s okay, I know she\u2019s probably a little scared and I just felt for her at the time. So it\u2019s unfortunate, it shouldn\u2019t have happened, but as long as she\u2019s okay, no, nothing crazy happened to her, then it will be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koepka shot an even par 71 to remain at -4 for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He sits seven shots back from leader Sungae Im (-11), who carded a two-under par 69 for the second straight round.<\/p>\n<p>Americans Brandt Snedeker and David Lipsky are Im\u2019s nearest rivals at -9.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Karl Vilips is even par overall in a share of 48th after a third round 72.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A little girl was reportedly hit by a golf cart, and then was stuck underneath the cut, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[2095,64,63,689,42329,6933,274619,263659,274618,2755,755,19759,274617,274613,216505,2041,2067,677,274620,274616,274612,274611,85,274615,274614,248262,2614],"class_list":["post-556025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brandt-snedeker","tag-bryson-dechambeau","tag-course-reporter","tag-danny-walker","tag-david-lipsky","tag-florida","tag-golf","tag-golf-cart","tag-incident-post-round","tag-innisbrook-resort","tag-koepka","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-scary-moment","tag-scary-stuff","tag-shots-back","tag-smylie-kaufmann","tag-sports","tag-sungae-im","tag-team-events","tag-tee-shots","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}