Mark Schlabach May 29, 2026, 07:50 AM ET EUGENE, Ore. - When former PGA Tour golfer Casey Martin had his right leg amputated at midthigh in October 2021, he hoped to get some relief from the excruciating pain that had hobbled him since he was born. Instead, Martin traded the all-too-familiar aches for an entirely new level of discomfort. "The pains that I used to have for 49 years are gone," Martin said. "Unfortunately, there's a new set that came with it. I wasn't 100% prepared for what I was going to deal with. I'm not going to lie, it's been a bit of a war." Martin, who has coached Oregon's golf team the past two decades, hasn't played an 18-hole round in nearly two years. He can stand on his right prosthetic leg and stripe a 7-iron about 150 yards while his players warm up for practice. He can still chip with the best of them. But everything else the game requires is physically too much for Martin, who turns 54 on Tuesday. "It's just so hard to play, and it hurts," Martin said.…