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Despite dizziness, Jason Bohn steadying himself at Memorial
- Updated: June 2, 2016
6:57 PM ET
In February at the Honda Classic, Jason Bohn suffered a heart attack where he had a 99 percent blockage in his heart. This week? He’s tied for eighth after 18 holes at the Memorial Tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Tom Pennington/Getty Images
DUBLIN, Ohio — Prior to Thursday’s opening round of the Memorial Tournament, Jason Bohn suffered another one of his dizzy spells while warming up on the practice range. Usually these last about 5 to 7 minutes. Maybe 10, tops. This one continued for 20 minutes, just before he was scheduled to tee off.
Once he started playing, they returned. He felt dizzy while walking down the fairways. Felt dizzy while standing over tee shots and lining up putts.
“I’m dizzy quite a bit,” he divulged. “I can be dizzy sitting down; I can be dizzy standing up. There’s no real rhyme or reason for it.”
Bohn, who suffered a heart attack three months ago, said at one point he was on as many as six different medications. He’s now down to just two, but believes they are causing the frequent dizzy spells.
It was just after he’d made the cut at the Honda Classic in late February. Experiencing a shortness of breath, Bohn was checked out by doctors who discovered that he had a 99 percent blockage in his left anterior descending artery, often referred to as the widowmaker. A stent was inserted in the artery, he recuperated and, seven weeks later, returned to competition.
The good news is that doctors have confirmed that Bohn is healthy. His heart is, they’ve told him, “as strong as a bull.”
The other good news — and shockingly impressive news — is that the dizzy spells haven’t impacted his game too much. Despite suffering throughout the opening round, he still posted a 5-under 67 that propelled …
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