Paige Mackenzie is shedding her Golf Channel analyst role this week to play the Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout.
Though Mackenzie isn’t giving up her TV duties, which include being a Morning Drive host, she’s beginning her comeback as a tour pro after missing 18 months due to a back injury. Mackenzie, 32, hasn’t played an LPGA event since the Evian Championship in September of 2013.
She underwent microdiscectomy surgery in February of 2014 to repair a herniated disc in her lower back.
“I’m playing right now because I love the game,” Mackenzie said.