Italian golf pro Andrea Pavan was forced to withdraw from the DP World Tour's Investec South African Open after sustaining injuries in a freak elevator accident on Wednesday, February 25. Pavan, 36, fell down an elevator shaft in the building where he was staying for the tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. A GoFundMe has since been organized to assist with his recovery. His college teammate at Texas A&M University, Matt Van Zandt, set up the page and described Pavan's injuries as "serious" in the description. (The two won a national championship together in 2009.