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Scott McCarron has been diagnosed with Stage Two B-Cell lymphoma but remains optimistic about his treatment. The 60-year-old golfer emphasizes the importance of early detection in his health journey.
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Scott McCarron had a sore throat. Fortunately, he took it seriously because a visit to his doctor and a biopsy later, McCarron learned he has Stage Two B-Cell lymphoma.
âWe caught it early. Itâs very curable. But itâs serious,â McCarron said of his early-stage cancer involving two or more lymph node regions on the same side of the diaphragm, in a video posted on social media by PGA Tour Champions.
McCarron, 60, won three times on the PGA Tour and enjoyed a renaissance on the 50-and-older circuit, winning 11 times, including the Senior Players Championship. But after playing in the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational in early March, his throat began bothering him. He shined a light down his throat and could see a little white spot in a mirror.
âMost of us are pretty stubborn and don't do anything for a while,â he told Golfweek. âAs soon as the thing showed up, I said, âI don't like the looks of it.â â
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA - SEPTEMBER 12: Scott McCarron of the United States looks on from the fourth tee during the first round of the Sanford International 2025 at Minnehaha Country Club on September 12, 2025 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Photo by Steven Garcia/Getty Images)
A doctorâs visit led to a trip to an ear, nose and throat doctor, who suggested a biopsy.
âI really didn't think anything of it,â said McCarron, who played in Tucson and had moved on to Newport Beach, Calif., for the next event when is doctor called with the bad news. âPretty shocking, to be honest,â he told .
Scott McCarron was diagnosed with Stage Two B-Cell lymphoma.
His cancer is considered serious but very curable since it was caught early.
Scott McCarron experienced a sore throat and noticed a white spot in his throat, prompting him to visit a doctor.
Scott McCarron has won three times on the PGA Tour and 11 times on the PGA Tour Champions circuit.
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âSo, you start thinking, âHow? Why? Why me?â Those types of things, and then, then trying to put a team together to find out, âHow can we beat this? Is it curable?ââ McCarron said in the social media video. âThose are the things that are really going through your head and then after you do that PET scan, you don't know if it's spread throughout your whole body and that was probably the scariest thing.â
âIt was just like a little white thing,â McCarron told Golfweek. âBut the little white spot was becoming larger, the size of an eraser, and was blocking my esophagus and making it hard to swallow and really sore. So, it was a fast-acting cancer.â
On the social post, he said, âIf I would have waited six months, it would not have been a good outcome for me, from what my doctors say. So, early detection is the key for any of the cancers.â
Last week, he began chemotherapy treatment in Atlanta, which lasted six hours on both Monday and Tuesday. He still played in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, finishing T-50, and intends to play this week in Alabama at the Regions Tradition, a major on the Champions Tour.
âIt's kind of a good distraction for me to be on the golf course. I'm not thinking about, you know, the other stuff,â he said. âEverything kind of takes a back seat when you're going through all this stuff.â
McCarron noted that he and his wife have been so preoccupied with his cancer diagnosis that they nearly forgot their 10th wedding anniversary, which they celebrated last week. But McCarron has shown resilience before on the golf course, and heâs a fighter, and thanks to the likes of Stewart Cink and Jerry Kelly, among others of his fellow competitors, heâs getting the best help possible and digging in for a fight.
âYou get a diagnosis like this and you want to beat it and you want to come back and win again,â McCarron said. âSo, it's kind of motivating me to get back in the winner's circle. That's my plan and giving me a little bit more incentive to come back and to show people that you can beat these cancers and come back even stronger.â
Senior writer Adam Schupak covers the PGA Tour for Golfweek.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Tour Champions' Scott McCarron diagnosed with lymphoma, plays golf