Golf great Arnold Palmer has been hospitalised after doctors noticed a rise in his blood pressure during the final round of the tournament named in his honour and won by Tiger Woods in Florida on Sunday.
Palmer wasn’t on the 18th green at Bay Hill when Woods won the event for the seventh time, ending a 30-month victory drought on the PGA Tour.
Alaistair Johnston, vice chairman of IMG and Palmer’s longtime business manager, says the 82-year-old is on new medication and was checking his blood pressure throughout the final round.
About 15 minutes before the tournament ended, doctors noticed enough of an increase to take him to the hospital for closer evaluation.
Johnston said Palmer would be hospitalised overnight as a precaution.