Alternate Hunsucker in Field 3 Weeks After Colon Cancer Surgery
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2019-06-28
By DAVID SHEFTER, USGA
SOUTH BEND, Indiana — Chris Hunsucker knows what it’s like to come close.
Following a routine medical procedure, Hunsucker, 54, of San Antonio, Texas, was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.
Eleven days after receiving the news, he remarkably shot a 1-under 71 in a U.S. Senior Open sectional qualifier at The Woodlands Country Club in Spring, Texas, then survived a 2-for-1 playoff to earn first-alternate status. A week later, doctors removed a portion of his colon and 24 lymph nodes. And nearly three weeks removed from surgery, Hunsucker found himself on the grounds of The Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame competing against the world’s best 50-and-over golfers.