Former Auburn star Brendan Valdes introduced Wednesday that he has been recognized with most cancers and will probably be sidelined from his first full season on the Korn Ferry Tour to endure therapy.
Valdez, who completed second within the PGA Tour College Rankings final summer time and earned a full waiver from the Korn Ferry Tour, posted on social media that he had been recognized with main mediastinal lymphoma.
The 22-year-old mentioned he has already completed his first spherical of chemotherapy. Though it’s an aggressive type of lymphoma, restoration charges are excessive with correct therapy, and Valdez had hoped to return to golf this 12 months.
“Life, like golf, is usually unpredictable,” Valdez wrote. “A month in the past, as I used to be making ready to start my first full season on the Korn Ferry Tour, a mass was found in my chest throughout a medical examination. … I’ve an extended journey forward of me, however due to therapy, I will probably be totally wholesome and in a position to return to the golf course this 12 months.”
Valdez, a local of Orlando, Florida, was an All-American at Auburn College and performed a key function within the Tigers’ NCAA title run in 2024. Final 12 months after graduating from college, and a part of the 12 months on the Korn Ferry Tour, he tied for third within the Worth Cutter Charity Championship. He additionally competed in all three PGA Tour occasions, together with his finest end being a tie for twentieth on the 3M Open in Minnesota.
