PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Ryan Palmer’s heartache wasn’t visible to the naked eye when he made his return to the PGA Tour at the Sony Open last month, but if you watched him putt . . .
“All hell broke loose, the nerves, anxiety, right hand,” Palmer said.
There was rust at work, being away from competition for so long, but there might have been something internal at work, too.
Palmer’s wife, Jennifer, was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer last July and had surgery six weeks later. Ryan left after the BMW Championship in September and didn’t play the PGA Tour again until the Sony Open.