Calum Hill pauses for thought, reflecting on nearly 12 months of injury hell.
“There was a period there, which I think is a normal thing, where your mind goes to the worst-case scenario and you think ‘this is going to be the end of everything, what am I going to do with myself?’,” he says.
“You can’t do anything about them. All they are is thoughts and they have no meaning behind them. As long as you surround yourself with good family and friends they’re not overly problematic. But there were definitely a few times where I thought bad things.”
The 27-year-old has, to put it mildly, been through the mill. A seemingly innocuous insect bite led to an infection, with the UK’s top medics left scratching their heads.
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After several false starts in his attempt to return to competitive golf, Hill was eventually diagnosed with nerve hypersensitivity – and he has fought to battle back ever since.
Now, as he prepares for his long-awaited return at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship despite being, by his own admission, only 70% fit, the Kirkcaldy native revealed the true scale of his long-running nightmare.
“The original issue was from an insect bite then I got a few other infections on top of the…
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