Background
Lyle was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. He got his start in golf at age six when he caddied for his father.
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Lyle turned professional in 2004. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2006, finishing 18th on the money list and earning his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 2007. He made only three top-25 finishes on the Professional Golf Association Tour in 2007 and finished 164th on the money list and lost his Tour card.
He finished 4th on the money list and earned his 2009 Professional Golf Association Tour card.
Lyle has also played on the Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia, where he was ninth on the 2006 money list with almost $200,000 in prize money. Lyle scored a hole-in-one at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2011 on the par-3 16th "Stadium Hole" winning $25,000 for a charity of his choice.
This was the first hole-in-one on the 16th in the Phoenix Open for nine years. After his second remission, Lyle made a comeback at the 2013 Talisker Masters.
In 2014, he played his first Professional Golf Association Tour-sanctioned round in 29 months at the Web.com Tour"s Midwest Classic and finished T11.
Once Lyle makes his allotted rehab Web.com Tour starts, he will return to the Professional Golf Association Tour where he has 20 starts and $283,825 to match Kevin Chappell, the golfer who finished 125th on the 2012 Professional Golf Association Tour money list. Lyle made his first Professional Golf Association Tour start since 2012 after Monday qualifying for the Frys.com Open in October 2014, where he made the cut and finished T31. 2003 Lake Macquarie Amateur Nationwide Tour wins (2) Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 2004.
