Jeff Overton Has Some Brass Ones

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 30, 2008 10:24 AM EDT Comment 2 comments

Jeff Overton's in the field at the Ginn sur Mer Classic trying to finish in the top 125, like a lot of guys. But, unlike almost everybody, he is barely more than a week removed from an emergency appendectomy.

Jeff Overton’s “gotta play hurt” this week at the Ginn sur Mer Classic because he doesn’t have any choice. And, by the way, it has nothing to do with blood alcohol level.

He has to play because he ranks No. 126 on the money list with just one event remaining after this week. He’s hurt because he underwent an emergency appendectomy the Tuesday after the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open two Sundays ago.

“It is what it is,” Overton said Wednesday morning. “It stinks.”

Doctors have told Overton he’s risking a possible hernia if he plays this week. And they didn’t allow him to start putting and chipping until Monday of this week.

Overton, 25, says he’s hitting his 8-iron about 120 yards at the moment. But he plans to tee it up Thursday. “It’s pretty much a pain threshold thing,” he said. “It feels like I’ve done about 500 crunches in my stomach.”

As you know, there are serious considerations for guys' priority if they fall outside of the top 125. Sitting at 126, Overton would almost certainly get passed if he doesn't make the cut with a decent finish in either of the last two events. Best of luck to him.

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modern surgery is amazing

My dad had his appendix out when I was a kid. He was laid up for weeks and still has that big ol’ scar. Today, they do it by a laproscopy with three small incisions like they do for the knee surgeries. It’s amazing how fast people recover from appendectomy’s these days.

On to Brian Hewitt’s arrogant writing style – “it has nothing to do with blood alcohol level” ??? It’s time for xxx Golf Channel to do something about this twit.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 30, 2008 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My best return time after surgery was...

…about 3 weeks. About a year ago, I had my gall bladder removed (went home the same day – awesome!). After two weeks I was cleared to resume activity by my doctor. I waited another few days and hit the range.

The day afterward, I swore the I must have torn the muscles around the small incision near the top of my abdomen because it hurt SO bad. I figured I’d give it a day and see what happened and it started to feel better. Within a few days it was back to normal and I was back on the range. I had pain again, but less than before and it took less time to recover. It was a little better each time, until I was completely fine in a few weeks.

I wasn’t even playing for anything. Playing hurt seems to have become my specialty.

by Double Eagle on Oct 30, 2008 11:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs