Brooks Koepka runs to comfort young girl hit by golf cart during his Valspar Championship

The Valspar Championship had a stoppage successful play connected Saturday erstwhile a young miss was deed by a play cart, and Brooks Koepka, backmost connected the PGA Tour aft defecting to LIV Golf, sprang into action. 

Koepka was spotted moving implicit to the miss to comfortableness her aft she ended up underneath the play cart, which was moving astir spectators. At the time, Koepka was playing the par 3 15th hole. 

NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks said the miss ended up nether the play cart, but did not endure superior injury. 

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Brooks Koepka of the United States reacts connected the 5th greenish during the 3rd circular of the Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"She’s going to beryllium OK aft aesculapian evaluation," walking newsman Smylie Kaufman said implicit the air. "Very scary moment."

Koepka, who heads into the last circular connected Sunday tied for 13th with a 5-under score, spoke astir the incidental aft his Saturday round. 

"I conscionable felt unspeakable for, I judge her sanction is Shay, truthful from each the reports you’ve got she’s OK, thankfully," Koepka said, according to Golf.com. "So, that’s each that matters, arsenic agelong arsenic she’s OK."

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Koepka added that helium thought she was "probably a small scared."

"I conscionable felt for her astatine the time. So, it’s unfortunate, it shouldn’t person happened, but arsenic agelong arsenic she’s OK, no, thing brainsick happened to her, past it volition beryllium OK."

Koepka said the infinitesimal didn’t impact him erstwhile helium got backmost to play connected the course. 

Brooks Koepka of the United States looks connected from the sixth tee during the 3rd circular of the Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

The five-time large title victor made headlines erstwhile helium reached an statement with the PGA Tour to instrumentality aft defecting to LIV Golf aft much than 4 years with the Saudi-backed rival tour. At the time, Koepka cited much household clip arsenic a cardinal origin to his determination to get retired of his LIV Golf deal. 

"Brooks has felt implicit the years that the question being truthful aggravated and truthful planetary that it kept him distant from his family, and I deliberation arsenic clip went on, helium longed to walk much clip with his household and beryllium person to the U.S.," Freedman, a co-founder of Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley LLP, told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. 

LIV Golf has had circuit stops successful Australia, Singapore and different places astir the world.

Freedman besides praised the PGA Tour for welcoming Koepka backmost with semi-open arms.

Brooks Koepka of the United States looks connected from the sixth tee during the 3rd circular of the Valspar Championship 2026 astatine Copperhead Course astatine Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club connected March 21, 2026 successful Palm Harbor, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

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"I deliberation the absorption was truly positive. It’s great. The PGA has been wonderful, they welcomed him back. There are surely restrictions that helium has, and he'll abide by them. "But I deliberation they person been unthinkable successful the mode successful which they person welcomed him back," Freedman explained. "I deliberation he's truly excited. I deliberation he's excited to marque amends with the players and bash his champion to conscionable benignant of beryllium a golfer among golfers, arsenic a idiosyncratic among workers, and truly spell successful determination and beryllium humble and locomotion successful with the humility and the grace that Brooks walks astir with."

In his 4 events frankincense acold this season, Koepka has 1 top-10 and 2 top-25 finishes, making 3 of 4 cuts successful a palmy instrumentality to the PGA Tour. 

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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