First-round play at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters was suspended Wednesday after a caddie collapsed and later died.
Max Zechmann, who was looping for Anne-Lise Caudal, fell ill in the 13th fairway. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Daily Mail reported that Zechmann suffered a heart attack.
Zechmann, known to many as “Big Max,” has caddied for Markus Brier and Marcel Siem, among others.
Carly Booth and Blair O'Neal, who were playing in Caudal’s group, tweeted:
Tough start today for our group to experience something so horrendous.