Andrea Pavan won the Czech Masters in 2018 and the BMW International Open in 2019
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 storeys 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.
"It's hard to say a precise goal, there's more like steps," said Pavan.
