By:
Jack Hirsh
January 8, 2023
Kenny Perry kisses his spouse, Sandy, at TPC Harding Park on November 3, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
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Kenny Perry hasn’t performed because the 2021 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, however there was by no means a proper retirement announcement from the now-62-year-old.
The 14-time PGA Tour and 10-time PGA Tour Champions winner was nonetheless ending within the prime 50 on the over-50 circuit when he stopped enjoying.
However some issues are simply extra necessary than golf.
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In an emotional interview with SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, Perry revealed he retired to look after his spouse Sandy, who’s affected by Alzheimer’s.
“I’ll let the world know: My spouse’s sick,” Perry advised Brian Katrek and John Maginnes on Katrek & Maginnes On Faucet. “I’m her caretaker. And, you realize, I’m going to take nice care of her. And you realize that Alzheimer’s is that this horrible illness.”
Perry stated he made the choice when he realized Sandy may now not observe him on the golf course.
“I might chase her down, happening the improper gap,” Perry stated. “On the [U.S.] Senior Open two years in the past, and it was a 36-hole advanced, and he or she ended up going off on the opposite 18 holes.
“I spotted proper then, you realize, it’s time for me to do one thing else. And it’s all good. She’s blissful.”
“I spotted proper then it was time for me to do one thing else.”
Kenny Perry’s spouse, Sandy, is battling Alzheimer’s, with Kenny proper by her facet. He talks about it with BK & John on Katrek & Maginnes On Faucet. Hear the complete interview on the SXM App.@bkatrek | @johnmaginnes pic.twitter.com/thK0UOreWQ
— SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) January 4, 2023
He stated Sandy continues to be very energetic and even “walks me to loss of life” when the couple goes out for some train. She simply has reminiscence points at this level.
Along with caring for Sandy, Perry stated he needs to be an advocate for locating a remedy for the illness.
“I’ll in all probability begin type of being a spokesman for [it],” he stated. “I’ll in all probability begin wanting into extra of that and assist different individuals who have the identical situations I’m wanting into. You recognize, I’m attempting to determine it out.”
Perry stated he’s been to “each physician in Nashville, Vanderbilt” searching for somebody who can discover a remedy. He stated there are solely remedies to sluggish the illness’s development.
“That’s all I need to do,” Perry stated. “So she’ll know her grandkids and know me and simply get pleasure from the remainder of her life. I imply, we’ve labored so exhausting to get up to now, and I hate to see it to the place she will’t get pleasure from it. You recognize, it’s fairly unhappy.”
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Jack Hirsh
Golf.com Editor
Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf staff and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but additionally producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He will be reached at [email protected].