ADELAIDE — Australian veteran Wade Ormsby has revealed he suffered a partial amputation of the ring finger on his left hand in a freak accident at home, just days after missing the cut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The 46-year-old shared details of the gruesome injury on Instagram, posting an image of his heavily bandaged hand after surgery. "Wednesday morning after returning home from Dunhill, I had an accident putting a trailer on the car resulting in partial amputation of L ring finger," Ormsby wrote on his Instagram Story. "Thanks to Mannum ER @sahealth... Dr Nick Smith and the team at @gripsurgery for rebuilding my finger. Sadly I won't be at Macau and Hong Kong Opens... but I'll work hard to be back asap."
Ormsby said the accident happened on Wednesday morning while trying to attach a trailer to the back of his car after returning from Scotland. Surgeons have since rebuilt the finger, though he confirmed the partial amputation and thanked medical staff at Mannum ER and Grip Surgery for their work. He hopes to return to competitive golf as soon as possible.
The World No.445 has made 15 LIV Golf appearances on and off since its inception in 2022 and has been playing mainly on the Asian Tour. He moved up to 12th on the Asian Tour Order of Merit after a runner-up finish at the Taiwan Masters and had been hoping to improve his position at the upcoming Macau Open and Hong Kong Open, where Star Trio Westwood, Casey and Kim commit to Hong Kong Open next month.