Tyler McCumber withdraws from PGA Tour Q-School, citing hip pain

Nease graduate Tyler McCumber withdrew from PGA Tour Q-School on Dec. 10, citing pain and inflammation in his left hip.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH – First Coast native Tyler McCumber withdrew from the PGA Tour Q-School on Wednesday afternoon, telling the Times-Union that he had experienced “inflammation and pain” in his left hip while practicing this week.
The first round of Q-School begins on Thursday. McCumber was scheduled to play in the first group off No. 1 at the TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley at 8:15 a.m. with former University of North Florida player Nick Infanti and Taehoon Ok of Korea.
There are no alternates in Q-School and the field is now 175 players. The top five following Sunday's final round will earn PGA Tour cards for 2026. Each player will compete in two rounds on the Valley Course and two at the Sawgrass Country Club.

McCumber told the Times-Union in a text message that “my team and I wanted to address some inflammation and pain before starting back.” His most recent surgery involved his left hip.
McCumber, 34 and the son of 10-time PGA Tour winner Mark McCumber, has 13 starts available to him in 2026 under a Major Medical Exemption. Had he been able to play and finish among the top five this week, he would have earned full status on the PGA Tour.
Tyler McCumber has undergone shoulder, hip surgery
McCumber, a Nease and University of Florida graduate, has battled shoulder and hip injuries for the better part of four years since his last full season on the PGA Tour in 2020-21. He had 25 starts that year, finished among the top-10 twice, tied for 22nd in The Players and made the FedEx Cup playoffs at 99th on the points list.
He had only 11 starts the next season. McCumber shot 60 in the final round of the RSM Classic and tied for fourth, but missed his next five cuts and didn’t play after the Honda Classic the following February.
McCumber missed the entire 2022-23 season. He had two starts in 2024, missing the cut at the Sony Open and withdrawing from the American Express after opening rounds of 70-68, and has made only one start this season, missing the cut at the Mexico Open in February.
McCumber underwent surgery on his left shoulder in July 2022 for a posterior labral tear. A year later, he had to undergo the hip surgery.
Tyler McCumber won four international events
McCumber, a two-time All-American at Florida, became the first player to earn Korn Ferry Tour status off his performance in two international tours, PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada. He earned his PGA Tour card for the first time in 2019 by finishing 22nd on the Korn Ferry Tour money list.
He won three times on the Canadian Tour and once on PGA Tour Latinoamerica.