SUNRIVER, Ore. — Tom Weber is an amateur tour golfer. Two years ago, he nearly died on the greens in Sunriver. 

“It’s incredible. My cardiologist said ‘if you didn’t have that level of care, you wouldn’t be here,’” Weber said. “So they couldn’t have done any better. Kudos.”

Sunriver Resort hosted the U.S. Am Tour on its Crosswater Golf Course in 2023. Weber was practicing on the green when he started to feel like something was wrong. 

“I was standing by the 18th green with some other golfers and Tom and his partner Brett drove up in a cart and he wasn’t doing well,” Tommy Moore said. “He was basically passed out. He drove up to me and said there’s an issue, I radioed and said ‘let’s call 911 and get back to the cart barn.’”

Moore and two other workers were simply in the right place at the right time. 

“With Tommy on the phone with 911 and him shouting out instructions on what to do, and Dave with his experience from a previous career, we luckily had all the right people in place willing to take action and maintain life support until EMTs could arrive,” Mark Meyer said. 

Their quick response saved Weber’s life in a situation where any delay could mean death.

“If he was out in the far reaches of the golf course, it might have been a different story because seconds matter, minutes matter before brain damage starts to occur and it gets to the point where you can’t bring someone back,” Dave Pitts said. 

Fast forward to 2025 and the championship round of the tour returned to the resort — and so did Weber in high spirits. 

“I got through 72 holes versus nine holes before,” Weber said. “That’s a big joke with my friends, they’re like ‘Hey we got him through nine holes! We got him to the 10th tee! Fantastic!'”

After he finished golfing, Weber met the people who saved his life and shared his gratitude with them. 

“A big thank you to Sunriver resort for being right on it from a medical perspective,” Weber said. “Part of it’s luck, but part of it is preparation, and they were right on it.”

Although he’s still recovering, that won’t stop him from doing what he loves. 

“I’m retired now, so just playing golf and hoping to get the game back to where it was before,” Weber said.