The Australian golfer Jeffrey Guan, 20, definitively lost the sight of the left eye during a golf tournament last September, informs Sky News. An accident that could cost him his career.
While the young man is about to play his second blow to the third hole, a golf ball violently strikes his face. On his Instagram account, he tells: “I turned to the cart to put my club to put away, and that’s when I felt a ball hitting me in the face. The pain went directly to my head, and I dropped to the ground ”. According to Golf Monthly, it would be a “Strong starting” from another participant.
“Thinking that this accident may be the end of my career was unbearable to me”
Transported in an emergency to the nearest hospital, caregivers administer fentanyl to the golfer to relieve his pain, before he was helicopter to another establishment. He undergoes several surgical interventions and spent two weeks in intensive care. His fractured orbit causes him from“Atrocious pain”.
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Quickly, black thoughts invade the young sportsman with the promising career. Jeffrey Guan had just been crowned double junior national champion. “Thinking that this accident may have signed the end of my future in this sport was unbearable to me, I especially did not want all these years to work hard to be spoiled”he says.
He finally made the decision to continue his golfer career: “I have always shown perseverance and obstinacy, which is why I plan to continue working hard and do everything to continue my dreams”. He adds: “These four weeks were the most difficult in my life, but they made me grow mentally and I am now ready to overcome any obstacle”. Doctors believe that his recovery could last between six months and a year.
