Warren hurt in chandelier accident
Scottish golfer Marc Warren was involved in a hospital drama after a bizarre accident in his hotel room at the Seve Trophy in Ireland.
Practising his swing last night after losing his opening match with Colin Montgomerie, last season’s European Tour Rookie of the Year smashed the chandelier above his head.
The glass showering down on him cut his head, both arms and, most worrying of all, a caused nasty deep gash across his stomach.
“It was about a centimetre wide and looked about a centimetre deep,” said Warren. “I looked in the mirror and I was covered in blood.
“I rang Bradley Dredge because I was supposed to be having dinner with him, then Monty came along and (captain) Nick Faldo called.
“A car took me to hospital, although the driver stalled three times, and I had butterfly stitches in my cuts and was dressed and covered it.”
Returning to the hotel at The Heritage an hour west of Dublin, Warren found he had fused the lights and so had to pack his things in the dark before being transferred to another room.
Unsure how sore he would be on waking up this morning – he and Montgomerie were due to face French pair Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret in the second series of fourballs – the 26-year-old was relieved to discover he was not too sore and was hoping it would not affect his play.
He was even able to joke about what he called “an adventurous evening”, saying: “I was using a five-iron – it should have been a six because I would have missed it.”
If he had been unable to play, the rules allowed for Montgomerie to play a singles against either Jacquelin or Havret instead.
Warren was one of Faldo’s wild card picks for the match, but he and Montgomerie lost three and one to Swedes Robert Karlsson and Peter Hanson in their opening game as Britain and Ireland fell 3-2 behind.
