AUGUSTA, Ga. — Haotong Li has fought 90 different Masters gamers and Augusta National’s 18 holes.
And his stomach.
Friday, the professional adopted up a one-under 71 within the first spherical with a 69 in Round 2, and he’s tied for seventh and eight photographs again of chief Rory McIlroy after 36 holes. But it wasn’t straightforward, as a result of he mentioned he felt queasy.
After his second spherical, he mentioned he was stunned by his play.
“Especially went to the toilet last night a lot of times,” the Chinese pro mentioned, “and this morning when I got to the golf course and still feeling really bad and kind of, like, live in the toilet.
“I didn’t hit many balls on the driving range. I was feeling really, really bad. No energy, fuzzy, want to throw up something. I actually just planned to play a few holes, see how it goes. If really sick, then I probably just decide not to.
“So glad I survived today.”
You couldn’t inform from his scorecard he was struggling, particularly late. Li bogeyed 4 and seven after a birdie on 2. He birdied the par-5 thirteenth after by some means avoiding Rae’s Creek in entrance of the inexperienced along with his second shot. He birdied the par-4 14th after almost holing out for eagle. He birdied the par-5 fifteenth after pitching to a few ft after hitting over the inexperienced along with his second shot. (“Was super tough chip over there,” he mentioned.) He birdied the par-3 sixteenth after almost acing the opening.
Afterward, Li mentioned he was feeling higher, which led to an apparent query: Did Augusta National and the Masters treatment him?
“Definitely,” Li mentioned. “Major makes me feeling good.”
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