KWTV-9's Blevins suffers fainting spells, is hospitalized during practice round
KWTV-9's Blevins suffers fainting spells, is hospitalized during practice round

KWTV-9 sports director Dean Blevins became ill on Monday during a practice round for the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

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Tiger Woods' golf bag, right, sits next to Camilo Villegas' bag on the 16th green Monday at Southern Hills Country Club. BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Blevins, 51, suffered fainting spells and nausea. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital, and Blevins said tests revealed some possible heart complications. The former University of Oklahoma football and basketball player spent several hours in the emergency room. Blevins said doctors asked him to stay 24 hours for observation, but he checked out of the hospital.

Blevins told the Tulsa World: "I've had 21 surgeries in my life, and I hate hospitals. They (physicians) think something is going on, and they want to nail it down. But this (tournament) is huge. I'm not going to be in a hospital bed when Tiger Woods is in our back yard.”

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