Fan steps in to caddie for pro golfer after bagman injured in fall at Canadian Open

Soaking up the thrilling climax of the RBC Canadian Open, Paul Emerson weaved his way through the crowds to get a good view of the PGA Tour stars on the fourth hole. A few bizarre developments later, he was working for one of them.

Soaking up the thrilling climax of the RBC Canadian Open, Paul Emerson weaved his way through the crowds to get a good view of the PGA Tour stars on the fourth hole. A few bizarre developments later, he was working for one of them. For two fleeting but fairytale holes on Sunday, self-professed “golf nut” Emerson was the star of the show at Ontario’s Hamilton Golf and Country Club, as an injury to C.T Pan’s caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan presented an impromptu opportunity for one local fan to man the bag at his country’s national open. With Cowan unable to continue after tripping and falling on the third fairway, Taiwan’s Pan saw his clubs picked up by Dan Reynolds, caddie for Irish playing partner Shane Lowry. World No. 33 Lowry had been hauling his own bag as Pan helped Cowan in the direction of medical support – limping past one eager-to-assist spectator in a red masters t-shirt en route. “We heard a big tumble and a big sound when Fluff wiped out,” Emerson, a lawyer from nearby Aurora, Ontario, told the PGA Tour. “I just said to him [Pan], ‘Do you need a hand’ and he said, ‘Yes please.’ So I helped Fluff get the bib off and threw it on and started walking up the hole.” Heart racing, Emerson shook hands with Lowry before throwing the bag over his shoulder – unprecedented scenes that had not escaped the lenses of TV broadcasters.