Most people remember the 2009 British Open as the year 59-year-old Tom Watson almost won the British Open, but to Stewart Cink’s family it meant a whole lot more.

It was Cink’s first major and his sixth PGA Tour victory, a long-awaited achievement for a man whose professional career career had begun 14 years earlier.

Cink’s wife, Lisa, was alongside him all the way, which is why Stewart announced that he was quitting golf. The Cink family announced on Tuesday that Lisa had been diagnosed with cancer, and until “circumstances improve for her,” he’s stepping away from the game.