Two-time leukemia survivor Jarrod Lyle isn’t at this week’s Albertsons Boise Open, the second of four Web.com Tour Finals events. Instead, he is home in Australia trying to figure out what to do next with his life.
“I always thought this situation could happen,” the 35-year-old said from his home in rural Shepparton, a couple of hours outside Melbourne. “But I hoped it wouldn’t.”
Two weeks ago, Lyle, left without status on any major tour (except for the very limiting past champion status on the Web.com Tour), said on his website that he is out of options and that his time appears to be up.
He might be right. But that’s only part of the story.
Before being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia for a second time in March 2012, Lyle had played well enough in his seven starts to finish in the top 200 on the money list, which …