Jarrod Lyle, an Australian professional golfer who had five top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour only to have his playing career interrupted by recurring bouts of cancer, died on Wednesday, a year after his latest relapse. He was 36.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Briony Lyle, in a statement issued by Golf Australia, the sport’s governing body in the country. It came just over a week after she announced in a post on Lyle’s Facebook page that he was entering palliative care.
Lyle turned professional in 2004 and first appeared on the PGA Tour in 2007.