What Illness Is Spanish Golfer Jose Maria Olazabal Suffering From – What Happened? Health Update To Know

Jose Maria Olazabal has long suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation, swelling, and pain in and around the joints, mostly affecting the hands and legs.

 

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According to the Irish Times, he had faced a premature end to a sparkling career in the year 1994 following the diagnosis.

Moreover, the pro golfer had also withdrawn from the Ryder Cup the same year. At his lowest point, he had suffered difficulties with walking.

However, the golfer had an impressive return in the year 1997. He had won his subsequent second Masters’s title in the year 1999.

Jose Maria Olazabal has fought well with Rheumatoid Arthritis. However, medical evidence has shown that the disease cannot be cured.

Clinical studies have indicated that remission of symptoms is more likely when treatment begins early with medication.

The 40-year-old Spaniard has said that the pain was as debilitating as it had been in the mid-1990.

Jose Maria Olazabal has not introduced his wife or partner to the general public yet.

As per the sources, Olazabal along with his family members resides in Hondarribia, Guipúzcoa, Spain.

Interestingly, In 2012, the golfer had posed for a photograph with the European player’s wives and partners prior to the 39th Ryder Cup gala.

Jose Maria Olazabal is rumored to have a grown son. However, he has not disclosed a single detail about his estranged child to the media.

Talking about his family members, he was born to his beloved parents on February 5, 1966, in Hondarribia, Spain.

His granddad, father, and mother all worked at the club so he spent a lot of time there as a child.