SONOMA, Calif. -- Joey Sindelar withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and was taken to a hospital after complaining of dizziness during the third round Saturday.
According to a Champions Tour spokesman, the Horseheads resident became dizzy after playing the 204-yard, par-3 fourth hole Saturday. He rested in between holes and tried to play the fifth before withdrawing.
Medical personnel attended to Sindelar at the Sonoma Golf Club, and the 51-year-old player was taken to a hospital for further tests.
Sindelar's wife, Sue, reached at their Horseheads home, said she spoke to her husband and he told her he had trouble breathing. She added that he seemed fine and was very talkative.
"They did some testing, did a CAT scan, checked to see there was no blood clot in the lung. They don't know," she said. "He got really short of breath and couldn't shake it. They thought it might be his heart, but it may be nothing."
Sindelar, a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour titles, was 7 under for the tournament before withdrawing. He was 1 under over his four holes Saturday, getting a birdie on the par-5 second hole.
"It's a shame. He was doing so well," Sue Sindelar said.
Joey Sindelar entered the season-ending Schwab Cup event eighth in points with 1,086. In 22 tournaments this year he's had seven top 10s, including a second-place finish behind Fred Funk in the U.S. Senior Open in August.
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