 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Musi wa13 Zvita 2007, Immelman akabuda muSouth African Airways Open nekuda kwekunzwa kusagadzikana kwakanyanya kutenderedza nzvimbo yake yebhokisi repfupa uye dambudziko rekufema. Akavhiyiwa mangwana acho musi weChipiri, 18 December 2007, uye vanachiremba vakawana chironda chakanga chakada kuenzana nebhora regorofu padiaphragm yake. Immelman akataura mubvunzurudzo pamusoro pokunyadzisa kuri pachena kwoukuru hwechirwere chacho. Zvakaonekwa kuti yaiva bundu recalcified fibrosis. Pashure pemiedzo yakawanda vakawana kuti yakanga isina kuipa. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurapwa uye kupora kwakakonzera kuti arasikirwe nemavhiki masere ekutanga emwaka we2008 PGA Tour. Zvisinei, Immelman akadzoka kuzokunda 2008 Masters Tournament. Pasinei nokuwana bogey kaviri paburi rechi70, par 3 16th, Immelman akapedza aine 8 pasi pepar, achirova Tiger Woods neshuroko nhatu. 