English golfer drags himself out of ambulance for eye-watering £400k pay day
Harry Hall says anyone would go to work feeling sick with so much cash on the line
Battling Harry Hall went from ambulance to Top 10 and over £400,000 at the Travelers Championship after dragging himself through illness.
The English star maintained a terrific run of recent form to fire a sizzling last-round 65 and shoot up the boards.
Hall backed-up at Top 20 at the PGA Championship and a tied-sixth alongside Scotland's Bob MacIntyre at the Charles Schwab, but it was not without considerable drama as he revealed after the event the struggles he had to even get through the tournament.
The 27-year-old considered withdrawing from the competition on Saturday morning as he toiled badly prior to his third round and only got through due to medical intervention with the knowledge he was playing for big points and big bucks another driving force.
Hall bagged $540,000 for finishing just three shots behind World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and No.2 Rory McIlroy as Keegan Bradley won and explained: 'I was in the locker room debating whether to withdraw or not because I didn't feel great at all and ended up teeing off without a warm-up and without a swing, just went straight to the first tee after getting two IVs in the ambulance and just battled my way around for one-under yesterday. I think that kept me in the tournament. I think I just did well to play, to be honest.
'What inspired me to play? I did think it's a Signature Event if I can just survive 18 holes and not give up any ground or have a chance to have a decent tournament, obviously the points and the money. I think anyone else would turn up to work sick if they could make a quarter of a million, I think is what I was in. So I'm definitely turning up.
'Friday night I was sick all night, yeah. Then I woke up, didn't feel any better, so I went in and got checked out and they put me on two IV drips and then after the round yesterday [Saturday] I was gasping for breath all day on the golf course because it was pretty hot, too. I went in for another IV drip after the round. Then I woke up this [Sunday] morning great after like 12 hours of sleep. So I'm just fortunate I had the mindset to go out there yesterday and finish the round.'
Asked what caused it, he continued: 'Just something I ate or something like that. I think there's a bug that's been going around. I think Eric Cole didn't make it because he was sick.'
Hall's efforts paid dividends and with solid form over he past half-dozen events, he's rising the standings and up to World No.74.
He said: 'I'm hitting the ball really nice. I focused a lot the last couple weeks on my grip. Which I think has helped my dispersion a little bit and just my consistency and my ball striking. That with just honing in my swing and everything's in a good spot.'
Hall is now inside the Top 50 for the FedEx play-offs sitting at 47th and added: 'I think it's massive. The Tour's getting so competitive and to have an edge by being in all the elevated events where the points are elevated too, just to have that opportunity to make a schedule and have it determined at the start of the year and to have a chance to play for as many points and as much money, I think it's huge.'
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