Jeremy Wu got his cancer diagnosis at In-N-Out. Five months later, he was back on the bag when it mattered most.

Jeremy Wu was two hours into a six-hour drive to Napa last September, stopping at In-N-Out like he always did, when his mom called. “You have cancer. You need to come home.” He was 27, walked 50 miles a week carrying a 35-pound bag, and was supposed to be caddying for his brother Dylan at a PGA Tour event where Dylan was fighting to keep his card. Instead, he turned around and drove home, thinking about one thing the entire way: “I wanted to be there.” At his lowest moment, Jeremy’s first call wasn’t to process the diagnosis—it was to find Dylan a replacement caddie, discussing stock yardages and what snacks to put in the bag.

What Happened While Jeremy Fought for His Life

Dylan’s fall was a disaster. He lost his full card, finishing 132nd in points. His swing coach couldn’t travel anymore. Every missed cut felt heavier without Jeremy on the bag. “He knows what I need,” Dylan admitted later. “I probably took that for granted.” Meanwhile, Jeremy started chemotherapy every Thursday at the Heimann Cancer Center. Between treatments and naps, he watched every shot Dylan hit on his phone. After every round, Dylan called. They broke down the round together. They avoided talking about cancer. Jeremy was still caddying—just from a couch instead of a fairway.

The Partnership Nobody Could Replace

Dylan and Jeremy fought constantly. Dylan fired him multiple times. Jeremy quit just as often. At the Players Championship, with Dylan T-9 and eight holes left, they argued over a layup on 11. Dylan bogeyed, played the last seven in 3-over, finished T-35. Heated words. One of them fired the other—or quit, depending on who you ask. By the time they left scoring, they’d worked it out. “We say what we want to each other,” Dylan explains. “With other caddies, you hold it in sometimes.” That brutal honesty was their edge. Losing it nearly cost Dylan everything.

February Changed Everything

Jeremy finished his last chemo treatment in February 2025 and was cleared. Five months after that cancer diagnosis at In-N-Out, he was back on the bag at Q-School Final Stage. Dylan was fighting for a PGA Tour card after losing it in the fall. The pressure was suffocating. The kind of moment where having your brother—the one who’ll tell you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it—matters more than any yardage book. Dylan earned his Tour card back via playoff. Jeremy was there for it. The same guy who turned his car around in September carried the bag when his brother needed him most.

What This Actually Means

This isn’t a feel-good story about beating cancer and returning to work. This is about what happens when the person who knows you best—who’ll fight with you, quit on you, get fired by you, and show back up the next day—isn’t there. Dylan struggled without Jeremy in ways that had nothing to do with yardages or club selection. And Jeremy, even while fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, couldn’t stop being Dylan’s caddie. Some partnerships aren’t replaceable. Sometimes the people who challenge you hardest are exactly who you need when everything’s on the line. And sometimes cancer just reminds you what you already knew: you were always better together.