HAMILTON, Ontario – Mike “Fluff” Cowan was injured early in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open and was replaced by a fan on the CT Pan bag.
Cowan fell on the third hole at Hamilton Golf & Country Club and was taken to the clubhouse for treatment for “non-serious” injuries, according to a PGA Tour official. It is unclear if Cowan will return to Pan’s bag on Sunday.
Paul Emerson (pictured above), an insurance company lawyer in Aurora, Ontario, replaced Cowan and was then replaced by Michael Campbell on the fifth hole. Alex Riddell, who normally caddies for Paul Barjon, took over Pan’s bag on the back nine. Riddell, who lives in Hamilton, has known Pan since he played on the PGA Tour Canada.
Last month, Cowan confirmed that he and Jim Furyk, with whom he had worked since 1999, had split. Cowan said the split was amicable and that the decision to end one of the longest-running player-caddie relationships in golf was Furyk’s.
