Kurzynowski Looks to Return to Golf Glory
Golfer Mark Kurzynowski celebrates after chipping in a shot at the City Golf Championship last week at Cascades Golf Course. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Little did Jackson golf Mark Kurzynowski know that the City Golf Championship win in 2009 could be his last. After nearly 15 years of winning local titles – and dominating Jackson golf in the years 1998 to 2003 – the long hitting Kurzynowski would soon find that health concerns would interrupt his championship run. A year later, Kurzynowski could feel that something was not right in his back. Two years later doctors would insert two eight-inch rods in his back with a “cage” around the rods. “I was diagnosed with two degenerative discs and three degenerative vertebrae in my back,” Kurzynowski said last week after losing in the Jackson City Golf Championships at Cascades Golf Course. “I think it came from bad decisions in my 20s and the wear-and-tear of beating golf balls for years. He had the surgery in January of 2012, but didn’t pick up a golf club for at least eight months. “I just started with some chip shots,” Kurzynowski said. “I didn’t play tournament golf…
