Golfer Li Haotong Spent Night in Augusta Restroom, Then Shot 67
Quick Look
- Golfer Li Haotong revealed he spent Thursday night frequently using the restroom due to illness.
- Despite feeling unwell on Friday morning, he decided to play and subsequently shot a five-under 67 at Augusta National.
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Li Haotong spent Thursday night in the restroom. If all goes well, he might spend Sunday night inside Butler Cabin.
In one of the more bizarre interviews given at Augusta National this week, after he fired a five-under 67 on Friday, Li admitted he was, well, kept up the night before.
“Went to the toilet last night a lot of times,” Li said on Friday afternoon. “And this morning when I got to the golf course, [I was] still feeling really bad and kind of, like, [living on] the toilet.”
Li was on the verge of throwing up on the practice range on Friday, thinking that if he still felt sick after a few holes, he would just bow out of the tournament. Then he started walking the most gorgeous golf course in America, feeling the Georgia air and climbing the hills of Augusta National.
You want to know what cures queasiness more than medicine? Birdies at Augusta National.
“Somehow I felt quite nice,” he said on Friday. “So glad I survived today.”
