The things we do not see......is this why Casey has played crap this year?

[Dodger]

PAUL CASEY TELLS OF HEARTBREAK AS HE LOST HIS US CARD

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FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By OLIVER BROWN
Paul Casey has broken his silence on the marital problems that have tormented him throughout a distressing season.
The Englishman, who has lost his American tour card after a wretched run of results, spoke emotively of his difficulties with Jocelyn, his wife of three years, claiming: “My career was costing Jocelyn her dreams.”
The couple finalised their divorce last week.
While Casey surged back to prominence with fourth place in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, his year has been overshadowed by personal crisis.
The former world No 3 had previously been reluctant to discuss the breakdown of his marriage, instead ascribing the problems in his golf to a foot injury. But he disclosed for the first time the toll that his split from Jocelyn had taken.
Describing his struggle to be in a “better place both emotionally and physically”, Casey admitted: “Our life on tour was fun at the start but, little by little, it took its toll. My career was costing Jocelyn her dreams.”
Casey and his former wife had tended to eschew the trappings of the elite golf lifestyle, choosing to live on a remote ranch in rural Arizona.
Jocelyn Hefner — a distant cousin of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner — was an accomplished amateur horsewoman, and her husband would often watch her compete in local equestrian events. “She has a fantastic way with animals,” he said.
But she was forced to abandon an interior design course due to the demands of Casey’s touring, and when she began to lose her interest in horses Casey claimed he could see she was also losing her sense of the woman she was.
He explained that they had talked together at length before deciding with great sadness that their relationship did not have a future. They filed for divorce in June.
“It was a mutual decision — very sad but for the best,” Casey told Global Golf Post. He said that he was certain they would stay friends. “Now she is working as a therapeutic riding instructor and making a great success of it. It’s something she wanted to do.”
The agony of their parting was acute for Casey, who had attributed one of the finest periods in his form with his happiness at being married. Within six months of his wedding at the end of 2008, he had won titles in Abu Dhabi and Houston and finished runner-up in the Accenture World Matchplay.
“I should have got married sooner, shouldn’t I?” he joked at the time. “Maybe I should renew the vows regularly to keep the form going.”
Casey’s anguish off the fairways has been compounded by severe discomfort on them. Ever since his victory in Bahrain’s Volvo Champions tournament in March, the 34 year-old has found himself stricken with an episode of 'turf toe’, characterised by acute swelling and inflammation of the foot.
This serious condition is prevalent in impact sports such as ice hockey but almost unheard of in golf. The bruising of his bone marrow led Casey to make several damaging compensations in his swing. Since his diagnosis, Casey has required a series of “weird” stretching exercises prescribed by Gary Gray, a pre-eminent physical therapist in Michigan.
The intervention appears to have worked, to judge by his formidable display last week in China. But pangs of another kind are never from the surface.
During his first round in Shanghai, Casey needed only to hear a couple of loud barks from a nearby park to remember more contented times. “It made me sad,” he said. “I worked out that it was six months since I had seen our dogs.”​

 

[BTatHome]

I guess it was a combination of the injury and the breakup, but its more understandable now.

He has a great swing (effortless like KJ Choi), would love to see him performing well again.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

That would certainly explain a lot. It's difficult to contemplate quite how much a divorce can affect you unless you've been through one. I've never really warmed to Casey but glad he has been able to sort out his personal problems and expect to see him get his card back pretty soon.

 

[Golfmmad]

There's always two sides to a story, as they say.

It's not surprising, that a player with such talent and ability - there had to be something else.

I've always liked Casey, the way he plays, with a smile on his face.

Will look forward to seeing him blasting the fairways more, and hopefully in the next Ryder Cup.

It also proves that we just don 't know what really goes on in their private lives, and some folk need to remember that at times.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Always sad to see a marriage end in divorce and although I've never been a fan of Casey, I don't really have anything against him. He's just not a golfer that excites me. Hopefully though he'll get his game back together and be able to move on. If he has lost his US card I guess that means more opportunities to see him in Europe.

 

[wull]

it's similar to colin montgomeries story,i read his biography not that long ago and it was quite sad some of the hard times he went through and the strain that was on his marriage due to his career with playing golf.

 

[paddyc]

Hopefully Casey can put these difficult times behind him and by his HSBC performance it would seem that he is going in the right direction. He has the natural talent and temperament to get back up the rankings and is definitely capable of winning a big one. Best of luck Paul.

 

[Mary]

I'm in the minority, as Casey has always been one of my favourite players.

Sorry to hear of his divorce, but hopefully he can get back on track with his game before too long.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Sad, but it seems that they have parted on good terms and hopefully a happier future awaits them both.

I have always thought that playing on Tour must put a huge strain on a relationship as the players are literally on tour 9-10 months of the year, living out of a suitcase and hardly ever home. Not a great arrangement when you have a wife and family.