It’s the news we were all hoping for – and a lot sooner than we thought.
Champion golfer Jarrod Lyle has confirmed he is in remission during his third fight against leukemia.
Lyle confirmed the news on social media today after he had returned to hospital for another bout of chemotherapy.
“Had a doctors appointment today to get results and found out that I am in remission, Lyle said.
“The first round of chemo has done a good job of getting rid of most of the bad stuff. Back into hospital next week to have another round of chemo to keep on top of it all.
“Couldn’t be happier with today’s news. Still a long way to go but heading the right direction.”
Lyle, 35, was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital earlier this month for doctors to undertake a series of tests to determine why a routine blood test had returned abnormal results.
Today’s news, while a long way from meaning Lyle is cancer free, will boost his spirits after a near two-decade fight with the disease.
Lyle was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia as a 17-year-old and was declared in remission two years later in 2000. After a stellar decade on the Australasian, Nationwide and PGA Tours, he suffered a relapse in 2012 and fought for his life at the same time his first daughter, Lusi, was born.
Having beaten cancer a second time, the Victorian returned to the United States in 2015 to use his medical exemption in an attempt to win back his US PGA Tour card. Having missed that opportunity, he came in 2016 to live in Torquay and be permanently with his wife Briony, Lusi and second daughter Jemma, born last year.
Lyle had been planning to play events on the PGA Tour of Australasia and pro-ams around the country, but will now take an indefinite break from a playing career that has yielded two professional victories and representation of Australia at the 2004 Eisenhower Trophy as an amateur.
