In the next two years, Kevin Kisne will be celebrating being a professional golfer for 20 years. He has given half of his life to the game of gold and has been successful in some aspects. However, for so long, Kisner’s form has been on a decline with no improvement in sight. In all the 2-decade, the 40-year-old won only four PGA Tour titles and the last one came at the 2021 Wyndham Championship. Since then, the 4-time PGA Tour winner has attempted to revive his career but to no avail. Amidst this drop, Kisner was given the opportunity to broadcast for PGA Tour events on NBC.

He started that journey with The Sentry this season and was an analyst for the PLAYERS Championship, WM Phoenix Open, and the 3 FedExCup Playoff events. Thus, Kisner has two options in his front, either go with a full-time pro schedule or take up the analyst schedule, something he naturally is good at. In an interview with Sirius XM Radio, the PGA Tour revealed his plans and said he was kind of in limbo because although broadcasting does not help with competitive games, not hitting shots isn’t fun either.

He emphasized that he loved being part of the TV team and bringing newer aspects to the events and engaging the fans, But Kisner also said, “But there’s no competitive juices settled by sitting in a chair talking about my friends on TV.” But the 40-year-old has been struggling and hasn’t even carded a single top 25 in the 2024 season. Furthermore, he missed 14 cuts of the nineteen events he played the latest at the Procore Championship. Yet, Kisner argued, “I really still think that I can compete. I just need to get going with my game a little bit so that’s where I am on that side.” 

Now Kisner is trying to keep his 2025 PGA Tour card because he is ranked 197th on the FedExCup Fall standings and he would need to be inside the top 125 to continue playing on the Tour next year. He could use his top 50 career money exemption, but that too is dwindling apart as Kisner has failed to earn a lot on the PGA Tour this year. His pro career is in jeopardy and he would need to play a different ball game in the upcoming Fall events or else he would lose it all.

But it is not like Kisner has not tried to make his game better. He made the biggest sacrifice in an attempt to regain his form and start contending on the PGA Tour.

The biggest sacrifice Kevin Kisner made for his declining form

In an interview with Golfweek, Kevin Kisner got candid and revealed that it has been hard for him to play golf so much so that he did not want to tee up in front of the fans. And as his scorecard showed more bogeys, he started missing cuts, making playing golf much more stressful. Kisner shared that being on the PGA Tour was affecting his relationship with his family and felt more like an obligation than a game he previously enjoyed, he acknowledged that it was not the way to play on the PGA Tour.

But he still did not lose hope and tried with all his capability to show up. Although John Tilley, his instructor, had been with him for longer than a decade, Kisner thought maybe hiring a new one would help. He sacrificed that relationship for his form, yet nothing changed. Then, he started with Tiller again, but they parted ways in 2024 summer. Tillery jokingly said, “We decided to be friends before one of us killed the other one.” 

Without his former instructor, Kisner may have had a hard time being the better golfer he was. But since his spirits are still not down and he is optimistic, a miracle may follow the next time he tees it up on the PGA Tour, he may make the cut.