Lanto Griffin’s season – and likely year – is over.

Griffin announced Wednesday that he underwent a microdiscectomy on Tuesday to repair a ruptured disc in his lower back, and the recovery will keep him away from the PGA Tour for a minimum of five to six months.

The news comes as Griffin currently sits 65^th in the FedExCup standings. The top 70 after the opening playoff event in Memphis advance to the BMW Championship, though Griffin revealed he had not been able to pick up a golf club since missing the cut at the John Deere Classic, his third straight missed cut.

Griffin said he initially ruptured his L5-S1 disc, also called the lumbosacral joint, in May 2020, but it ruptured again, and more severely, last January while Griffin was picking up his dog, Troy.

“This was a very hard decision with the FedExCup Playoffs a few weeks away,” Griffin wrote. “I’ve battled through a lot of flare-ups since January and living with intense nerve pain for the past two months without relief. Since John Deere I haven’t been able to swing a club period, so it made the decision an easy one.”

While his timetable for a competitive return will likely keep him out until next year, Griffin said he could be swinging a club within two to three months. He said he woke up after surgery with no nerve pain down his right glute and hamstring.

“Can’t wait ‘til the day I can swing a club and put socks on without pain,” Griffin added.