{"id":451437,"date":"2026-03-01T05:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:02:14","slug":"pavan-undergoes-surgery-after-freak-fall-down-lift-shaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451437\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavan undergoes surgery after freak fall down lift shaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"wcl-news-perex\" itemprop=\"description\">Italian golfer Andrea Pavan says he faces a lengthy recovery following surgery on his back and shoulder after falling down a lift shaft before this week&#8217;s South African Open in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n<p>The freak accident occurred on Wednesday when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/pavan-andrea\/E3qSvlnb\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pavan<\/a> reportedly tumbled down multiple floors after the lift door at his private accommodation opened, but the car itself wasn&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Pavan, a two-time winner on the European Tour, was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries, including fractures to several vertebrae and severe shoulder damage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had surgery on my shoulder and my back on Wednesday evening and I am currently recovering in hospital,&#8221; Pavan said in a statement issued by the European Tour on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I now have a lot of rehab and hard work ahead of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pavan thanked fans for their kind messages and said the care and support he has received in hospital had been &#8220;incredible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last two days have been difficult, but I am in very good hands and to have so many players, caddies and staff visit and contact me has meant a lot to me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pavan is expected to remain in South Africa for &#8220;many weeks&#8221; before he can return home to the United States, according to a former teammate, Matt van Zandt, who has set up a fundraiser to help with medical bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italian golfer Andrea Pavan says he faces a lengthy recovery following surgery on his back and shoulder after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-451437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}