PGA Tour rookie Max Greyserman put together a debut season to be proud of in 2024. But the 29-year-old’s career almost came to a screeching halt two years ago.
In an appearance on GOLF’s Supbar podcast, Greyserman explained to co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz how a wrist injury nearly derailed his promising future in pro golf.
“So I’m 37th [in the Official World Golf Ranking] right now, and that’s a great spot to be, and it looks like I’ll be going to Augusta, and it’s just crazy to think about from where I was a year ago, or even two years ago when I had wrist surgery in 2022 and I didn’t really know if I was going to keep playing pro,” Greyserman said, “and now I’m just living the dream and probably going to Augusta, so it’s just crazy where life can take you.”
When Knost asked how close Greyserman came close to calling it quits, the new pro revealed that following his surgery, he explored other potential paths his life could take, visiting his brother-in-law’s real estate office to learn about the industry, and talking to his college friends from Duke who lived in New York City working in finance.
“I was thinking well maybe I could go hang out with them and kind of enjoy life in a different way,” Greyserman explained.
In the end, Greyserman realized that he wasn’t done with pro golf just yet.
“I just decided that my story wasn’t finished in golf, and just kind of woke up one day and said ‘back to work, get this wrist thing over with and then right back to work,'” Greyserman said. “And as soon as I got back on the Korn Ferry Tour the following year after surgery I was off and running, I never looked back, finished 9th and then this rookie year. So very thankful.”
Interestingly, the pro revealed that it was his exploration of alternate careers that ultimately pointed him back to golf.
“I feel like the wrist surgery gave me a little bit of perspective, because it showed me what life would have been like had I not played golf, and I think I was OK with that, and the fact that I was OK with that… that I was OK for Plan B I think gave me perspective to go chase Plan A, which was pro golf.”
You can watch Greyserman explain his experience in the video above, listen to his episode of Supbar here, or watch his full appearance in the video below.
