HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Morgan Hoffmann has been on a journey unlike any other from the day in 2017 he learned he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. From treks the world over searching for alternative cures involving non-Western and ancient treatments, to his current residence with a view of the ocean but no windows or doors in the mountains and jungles of Costa Rica, to back to the PGA Tour with his former fellow peers.
Along the way, with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy deteriorating his patience and ravaging his body, the former muscle-bound World No. 1 amateur who turned pro in 2011 ate 800 grapes per day for 17 days, went through urine therapy that included using his excretion as mouth wash when he spent 90 days in Nepal, and spent four days absorbing an ancient mishmash that contained the potent hallucinogen DMT.
“On paper it’s definitely interesting, it’s a crazy story, for sure,” the 32-year-old said Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s start of the RBC Heritage at Harbor Town Golf Links. It will be his first action on the PGA Tour since the 2019 Shriners Children’s Open.
