Hours before his opening-round tee time at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Louis Oosthuizen's playing status was very much in question.
He had withdrawn from the Wednesday pro-am at Sun City as he battled kidney stones, and the pain even led to a brief hospital visit in nearby Rustenberg. Due on the tee at 10:28 a.m. local time, Oosthuizen told reporters that at 3 a.m. Thursday he "didn't think I was going to tee it up."
But tee it up he did, to the tune of a 9-under 63 that gave Oosthuizen a three-shot lead as he looks to win again in his native South Africa.