I actually have to disagree with you there. Whether he wants to be out there struggling or not, he needs to play. He's not going to get better taking more time off. He needs competitive rounds.
Ordinarily I would agree, but when you're playing that bad ,chipping 40 yds over the green, you don't want to be out there..it's almost terrifying as a golfer to play like that in front of a gallery..it's easy to just start limping and blame the back