RBC CANADIAN OPEN

June 12, 2026

Haotong Li

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course)

Quick Quotes

Q. Windy morning, second round 64, how would you assess your round?

HAOTONG LI: It's just very tough out there. I'm very pleased at how I played today.

Q. Any birdies from the day stick out in particular or any favorite shots?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah, I think that one of my favorite shots was on 11 today. Pumping into the wind and I hit a 5-iron into like pin high right which is quite incredible.

Q. First time seeing this course, what's the key to navigating it or what are you looking forward over the weekend?

HAOTONG LI: I just try to play my game and hopefully my mental side is in a positive way, so I'm just looking forward to playing on the weekend, yeah.

Q. You've been mentioning it's been a struggle to make it to the weekend, you just mentioned focusing on that mental side. What's the key to that?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah, I just keep telling myself today, especially on the last few holes, I just keep telling myself that, Bad thoughts don't come to me, don't talk to me, leave me alone, and it's kind of worked so far.

Q. Geno on the bag this week, how did that come about?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah, shoutout to him as well because my own caddie couldn't make it to Canada because of visa issues. So Geno's very, very good on some of the club selections. It was incredible, to be fair. There's definitely three or four shots that he saved. I asked him, Do you like this one? But he talked me into changing to the other one, and it actually worked out very well, so he's a good caddie.

Q. Tremendous day today. Curious, is it true are you staying here on the property this week?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah.

Q. How have you found just kind of everything here, but also just the ease of access to get to the golf course from sleeping whatever it is, 10 yards away or whatever?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah, it's great. It's a great facility. It's so modern. It's so great. Especially Friday morning, early tee time like this, it's just perfect for me to save me another hour to sleep.

Q. Was that kind of the reason for why you chose to stay here on the, property is just because it being so close?

HAOTONG LI: Yeah, and I really like the vibe over here, the environment, and so far I'm super pleased.

Q. I was overhearing you, were you talking about last week? Is that what you were talking about? When you were saying, Don't bogey here, don't bogey there, or was that today?

HAOTONG LI: No, we talked about the last two months. I've been struggling for two months. I missed like one or two cuts in a row for like probably eight events already. And I felt like I played quite decent. To be honest, the way I hit off the tee is just the same as today, but somehow just on the last five, six holes on a Friday it's always happening. So I need to speak to my psychologist and she said, Once that bad Haotong comes in, you just tell him to go away. Which is what I did today, like, even on the back nine, that guy's there.

Q. So on the back nine, and you're thinking to yourself, Okay, no bad thoughts, no bad thoughts. And that's what you're referring to, right, with your working with --

HAOTONG LI: No, I literally not even don't think, I literally just tell that guy, f-- off, leave me alone. I'm sorry about my language, but, that's what it is, yeah.