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Charlie Rymer on being hospitalized with COVID-19: 'Very scary'

Retired PGA Tour pro and former Golf Channel personality Charlie Rymer is back home after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

Rymer, 52, who left Golf Channel in 2018 and now serves as an ambassador for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, detailed his battle with the novel coronavirus on Twitter.

He described the virus as “strong” and his fight “very scary” as his body temperature rose to 104.7 and he struggled to breathe. Making matters worse, Rymer said he wasn’t allowed visitors and spent nights lying in his hospital bed at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital wondering if he would ever leave.