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A year ago golfer Jeffrey Guan was left blind when hit in his left eye by an errant shot competing in Sydney
He’s just shot a closing 66 to finish T-10th at the @PGAofAustralia West Australian PGA C’ship in Kalgoolie
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The following Jimmy Emanael article was published by the PGA of Australia on Friday when Guan made the halfway cut at the CKB WA PGA Championship presented by TX Civil & Logistics at Kalgoolie in Western Australia …
Guan started his second Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia event since the incident in late 2024 with an even-par 72 on Thursday before getting off to a strong start in the second round with three birdies on the back nine, his starting point for day two.
Jeff Guan competing in the WA PGA Championship – Image Getty
Bogey at the first hole was quickly recovered from with Guan making a hat-trick of birdies from the second and continuing his strong form of last week when he shared second at the pro-amateur Royal Sydney Cup event across the Rose Bay layout’s new course.
Guan would make bogeys at six and eight to close with a 3-under 69, but the joy of another milestone in his storybook comeback was written across the former amateur standout’s face post round.
“I was very happy leading into this week. I played the Royal Sydney Cup beforehand, 36 holes, so sort of got a good idea where my game’s at,” Guan said.
“The past two days I think I drove the ball really well and hit some pretty good wedge shots. A bit sloppy on some chip shots here and there, which is understandable for me. And in the end, it was a pretty good two scores.”
Sitting inside the top-10 as the afternoon field made their way out on course and Jay Mackenzie was relaxing after taking the clubhouse lead of 12-under following a 64, Guan spoke of the progression that is occurring almost everyday with his game, as well as some positive words from a Tour veteran.
“I did work on my game after (missing the cut) in Darwin. I saw what areas I needed to work on and over those couple weeks I worked with my coach, worked with my dad, and we sort of got those areas sorted,” Guan said.
“Then today, I guess it showed me where my practice has been going well.
“Each round that I’ve played, I’ve found little bits and pieces that I need to work on, and then slowly, hopefully over the time I can get used to it.
“I spoke with Rummy (Brett Rumford), I think he had a little incident happen when they were doing flop shots and then the ball hit the top of his eye, like the eyebrow. And then he played, I think he said he played one of the rounds with basically one eye. So he said it could be done and I’m sure I did it today. So I was pretty happy with myself.”
