Why we’re a fan of Jarrod Lyle receiving the PGA Tour Courage Award | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

The scene at the first tee at the 2013 Australian Masters was one of the most emotional moments in golf in quite some time. As Jarrod Lyle made his first appearance after his battle through two bouts of leukemia last November, it marked a full recovery back to professional golf.

Fellow Aussie Geoff Ogilvy was paired with Lyle that day. Ogilvy has been on the first tee at golf’s biggest stages. The 2006 U.S. Open champion says, in reference to that first tee, “nothing’s been like that first tee experience for me,” calling it an unbelievable and incredible scene.

“Australians aren’t generally the emotional type. But that moved everybody. There wasn’t a dry eye in the place,” he told Golf Digest in the fall of 2014.

The PGA Tour has honored Lyle’s bravery with the PGA Tour Courage Award, presented to a player who, “through courage and perseverance, has overcome …