Australian champion golfer Jarrod Lyle has stopped treatment for his cancer to be with his family.
In a heartbreaking ‘final post’ to Instagram at about 11pm on Tuesday night, fans were advised he will be returning home to be ‘near his girls’.
The PGA tour player, 36, from Victoria, won the Mexican Open and Knoxville Open professional Web.com tours in 2008.
Australian champion golfer Jarrod Lyle (pictured) has stopped treatment for his cancer to be with his family with daughters Lusi (left) and Jemma (right)
‘This will be the final post on Jarrod’s page,’ the post said.
Earlier today we started palliative care for him as his body is no longer able to fight,’ the Instagram page read.
‘We will take him closer to home to be near his girls. He has put up a courageous fight and he is surrounded by love #f***cancer.’
After initially being diagnosed with acute myeloid leaukemia as a 17-year-old, Lyle has successfully beat the cancer twice in 1998 and 2012.
He turned professional in 2004, and played in the US Open in 2008 and British Open in 2006.
Wife Briony, right, pictured with Lyle, wrote a touching post on his Facebook page on Tuesday night, advising the public he has ‘stopped active treatment’
In a heartbreaking ‘final post’ to Instagram at about 11pm on Tuesday night, fans were advised he will be returning home to be ‘near his girls’
But in July 2017, he was diagnosed with the leaukemia again for the third time, forcing him to quit the PGA tour and Web.com tour.
Wife Briony wrote a touching post on his Facebook page on Tuesday night, advising the public he had ‘stopped active treatment’.
‘My heart breaks as I type this message. Earlier today Jarrod made the decision to stop active treatment and begin palliative care,’ she said.
The PGA tour player, 36, from Victoria, won the Mexican Open and Knoxville Open professional Web.com tours in 2008. He has played in the US and British Open.
‘He has given everything that he’s got to give, and his poor body cannot take anymore.
‘Jarrod knows he is loved, and the thousands of prayers and well wishes that have been sent his way have kept him going through some incredibly tough times.
‘But he has reached his limit, and the docs have finally agreed that they can no longer strive for a positive outcome.’
Mrs Lyle apologised to close friends for breaking the news on social media and said she would be providing details of his ‘memorial service’ in the future.
‘We’ll be taking him closer to home in the next couple of days so he can finally leave the hospital.’
‘There is simply not enough time to get this message out to everyone individually, so for some of our really close friends and family I cannot apologise enough for breaking the news in this way.
On Facebook, his wife posted: ‘He has given everything that he’s got to give, and his poor body cannot take anymore.’
in July 2017, Lyle was diagnosed with the leaukemia for the third time, forcing him to quit the PGA tour and Web.com tour. He is pictured with wife Briony (right) and daughters Lusi, left, and Jemma, right.
On Facebook, Jarrod’s wife Briony posted her heart was breaking as she wrote Jarrod has ‘reached his limit’ and can no longer strive for a positive outcome
‘We have done our best to ‘control’ the narrative surrounding Jarrod’s illness and treatment, and as more and more people become involved in this final process I’m not sure how much longer this development will remain private.
‘When it’s appropriate, I will post details of a memorial service. In the meantime we ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time.’
The sport community took to social media on Tuesday night in the hope Lyle may make a ‘miracle’ recovery.
Professional Golfer Greg Chalmers, in a Twitter post, said: ‘We need a miracle for this great man please.’
‘American golfer Will Wilcox wrote: Thinking of Jarrod Lyle and his fam today. Sad news from down under. The man always made people laugh and wore a smile 24-7. Prayin for miracle.’
The sport community took to social media on Tuesday night in the hope Lyle may make a ‘miracle’ recovery. He is pictured with daughters Jemma, left, and Lusi, right