Knee Surgery stalls Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry will not be able to defend his title in the Bay Hill Invitational this week and will be off the PGA Tour for at least a month because he will have knee surgery Monday morning to repair torn cartilage in his right knee.
“It’s a bummer I don’t get to defend at Bay Hill, but I wasn’t going to do a good job being there,” Perry said Sunday evening from his home in Franklin, Ky.
Perry said he hurt his knee at the season-opening Mercedes Championships at Kapalua, and continued playing despite feeling pain when he squated to read a putt or plucked his golf ball out of the hole. He has missed two cuts in six starts this year, and his best finish was a tie for 12th in Phoenix.
“I thought I was just getting old,” Perry said. “I didn’t think nothing of it. But I decided this week to go get an MRI done. Now it all makes sense.”
Perry, 45, discovered he has a tear in his meniscus. The Knee Surgery will be done by Michael Pagnani, the team physician for the Nashville Predators in the NHL.
A nine-time winner on the PGA Tour who has played in the last two Presidents Cup and the ‘04 Ryder Cup, Perry has remained relatively healthy throughout his 20-year career on tour. His first Knee surgery means he will miss The Players Championship and The Masters.
Perry hopes to return in time for the Colonial the third week in May, where he is defending champion.
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