Louie Chan: It was a rough day for you in the final round…
Matthew Cheung: I was hitting balls in the morning. My hip flexor locked up, causing pain all over my body. I tried, but I couldn’t hit balls anymore. I stopped and went to see a Physio. They gave me some medicine, taped it up and stretched it out. I was just out there swing very defensively. I was afraid the pain would just come back. It was very difficult for me to play. Some of the shots I thought was good. I just couldn’t get any power into it like I normally do. Like my last shot on the 18th fairway, I hit it ok, but it was 10 yards short off the green.
LC: Have you had this kind of injury before?
MC: My back spam plays up a little bit all week. I have been seeing the Physio all week but nothing to this extent. I had two bulging discs before in my lower back a couple of years before. This stuff happens at the start of this year. But, it kind of went away. It just recurred at the wrong time.
LC: It’s a shame as you produced some sublime golf in the first two days…
MC: I was hitting the ball very well. I think I hit nine fairways on the first day, and then ten on the second day. That’s what you got to do here, you know. I hit a lot of good shots in the first round, but towards the end, got a little loose with my swing. I dropped a couple of shots coming in. Overall, I feel like there’re lots of positives can be taken out from the first two rounds. I made a really clutch birdie on the 17th of the second round. I holed a 50-foot putt there.
