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Hal Sutton suffers 'minor heart attack' during ACE Group Classic

Former US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton reveals that his withdrawal from the ACE Group Classic was due to him suffering a minor heart attack.

Former US Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton has revealed that he suffered a minor heart attack during play at the ACE Group Classic in Florida.

The 55-year-old withdrew from the event in Naples after eight holes, complaining of illness, and was rushed to hospital where tests showed that he had a blockage in an artery.

Sutton underwent surgery to have a stent inserted and is expected to make a full recovery.

"I had blockage in my heart, so yeah it was a heart attack," Sutton told the Naples Daily News. "They put a stent in and I'm fine now.

"I just said, 'Something's wrong. I don't know what it is."

Sutton, who won the USPGA Championship in 1983, was on the receiving end of a Ryder Cup thumping when he skippered the Americans to an 18 1/2 9 1/2 defeat to Bernhard Langer's European side.

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