Rory McIlroy<\/a> in 2018, he went over four years without carding a win. In one tournament in 2021, he shot an 84 in a round that included an eagle and a 12.<\/p>\n“His good is very<\/i> good, and his bad is very<\/i> bad,” his caddy, Jady de Beer, told Golf.com during The Open last year. But at The Open, and again here, the very good seems to overcome everything else.<\/p>\n
“I just [feel] super calm every time [I] play in majors,” he said Thursday.<\/p>\n
During Saturday’s round, several fans from China followed his every move. Zheng Gang Shen of Hainan, China, said he has gone to watch Li a few times in their native country. He said other Chinese golfers look up to him, and that he’s raised the quality of other pros there as an inspiration, and he’s proud of how popular Li’s become.<\/p>\n
“He’s getting better and better and better,” Shen said. “It’s a big comeback. He has a very good personality. All the American golfers love him, just like us.”<\/p>\n
Li said after Friday’s and Saturday’s rounds that he was surprised by how well he played. He seems to manage to raise his game at the Masters. He’s made the cut in all four of his appearances here. In his last round here in 2019, he fired a 68 and finished strong with six birdies on the second nine.<\/p>\n
He said Friday that despite his sickness, Augusta seemed to be the cure.<\/p>\n
“Definitely,” he said. “Major makes me feel good.”<\/p>\n
Li has had a star turn this week and will be near the top of the leaderboard at the start of Sunday’s final round of the Masters with an outside chance to pull off a shocking win. But he said Saturday that competitive golf hasn’t been the best part of his week.<\/p>\n
“I think the most important is I so enjoy Wednesday with my mom<\/a>,” he said. ” Obviously, met Kevin Hart in person. [Wednesday was more important] than a golf tournament.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n