Pavan optimistic of return after lift shaft fall

Italian Andrea Pavan said he is "optimistic" about a return to playing after he fell down an open lift shaft in February. The incident occurred before the South African Open at Pavan's private accommodation near Stellenbosch Golf Club when the lift doors opened but there was no lift car in the shaft, causing him to drop three stories down. The 36-year-old was taken to a local hospital with severe shoulder damage and fractures to several vertebrae in his back, and had major surgery. …