Immelman Undergoes Surgery
Posted by CP on December 31, 2007
Trevor Immelman underwent surgery to remove a growth from his diaphragm last week. Immelman came down sick during the South African Airways Open, and testing revealed the presence of a benign tumor on his diaphragm.
He is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks of action, but this news certainly isn’t good for Immelman’s fantasy prognosis. It was a mysterious injury in April of last season that sidelined Immelman for over a month and sapped much of his strength for another three months; that is, assuming we can attribute his four missed cuts and inability to card a single top 10 between the Masters and the PGA Tournament on his health issues. I’m not a doctor, but it seems like having surgery to remove a tumor from your diaphragm might hamper one’s ability to a) breath, b) maintain strength, and c) practice your golf swing. I was fully expecting a huge bounce back season from Immelman this year (especially after he won the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December), but now I’m not so sure.
