Overview

• Tory L. Gardner, 30, remains in custody after a judge denied him pretrial release during a court appearance on May 15, 2025.
• Gardner is charged with aggravated battery to a senior citizen with great bodily harm and unlawful use of a weapon, following the May 12 incident at Billy Caldwell Golf Course in Chicago.
• The 70-year-old golfer struck by Gardner’s SUV near the fifth hole is hospitalized in intensive care with brain bleeds at St. Francis Hospital.
• Witnesses reported Gardner driving erratically with a knife, as a golf course employee pursued him in a silver sedan across the fairways to stop the rampage.
• Gardner’s next court date is scheduled for June 4, with prosecutors highlighting concerns about his mental health but no clear motive identified for the attack.