Michigan Golf Journal January 2019
Legally Blind PGA Pro Perseveres ^ŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞŶƚ ƚĞƌƌŝďůLJ ǁƌŽŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͘ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ W' ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌ DŽŶƚĞ ůĂŵ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ă ĚŽĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ Ă ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ƐƵƌŐŝĐĂů procedure on both eyes to ƌĞůŝĞǀĞ Ă ďůŽŽĚ ǀĞƐƐĞů ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ,Ğ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ ďůŝŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ the doctor damaged both ƌĞƟŶĂƐ͘ hƉŽŶ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ ŚĞůƉ from the Cleveland Clinic Ɛŝdž ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ŚĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƌĞŐĂŝŶĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůĞŌ ĞLJĞ ʹ ǁŚĂƚ ůĂŵ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ĂƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƉĂƉĞƌ ƚŽǁĞů tube that’s cloudy at the end – but he remains totally blind ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝƐ Ă ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĞŐĂůůLJ ďůŝŶĚ͘ zĞƚ͕ ͚W' ƉƌŽ͛ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ ƟƚůĞ͕ ĂƐ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬůŽĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ͘ ůĂŵ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ perseverance the past decade led to being named ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϴ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĂĐŽŶ WĂůŵĞƌ ǁĂƌĚ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ ďLJ ƚŚĞ W' ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ dŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ďĞƐƚŽǁƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ Ă W' ŐŽůĨ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ǁŚŽ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůLJ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͕ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝĨĞ͘ ůĂŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ 'ŽůĨ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϰϱͲŚŽůĞ tŚŝƚĞĨŽƌĚ Valley Golf Course in ƐŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƉƌŽ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϱ͘ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŽǁůŝŶŐ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ KŚŝŽ͕ ĐĂŵĞ ŶĞdžƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ůĂĐŬďĞƌƌLJ Patch Golf Course in Blind Love for the Game DŽŶƚĞ ůĂŵ ĮůůƐ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ W' ƉƌŽ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ůĞŐĂůůLJ ďůŝŶĚ LJ dŽŵ >ĂŶŐ
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