There's a reason both Gardner and Hancock played Monday in Prattville. In both players, the competitive flame still burns. Gardner still gives the idea of returning to the PGA Tour some consideration some days. On other days, he remembers why left. I don't miss the travel.
People see the players on the weekend and think it's a great life.
For Gardner, the burnout was caused primarily by the travel. But I absolutely came to despise flight schedules and airports and people at airports. That's the main reason I quit. Hancock was on the tour about 10 years when he realized there were other things he wanted to do in life beside chase a ball around a course every day. Of course, that was before Tiger Woods came along and changed everything especially the purses on the PGA Tour.