There Is Still Hope For Me

As most of you know, I am an avid golfer. My dream: to play Augusta National. Liam and Owen are now my only hope of that happening. I informed Liam the other day that if he gets on tour I am carrying his clubs. He agreed, but was a little confused I think.

I have never had a hole in one. About 8 years ago I came about 6 inches away at Lexington Oaks, in Wesley Chapel, FL. I came about 8 inches away at Trappers Turn in the Wisconsin Dells about 7 or 8 years ago and two years ago I came 2 inches away at Hawk View in Lake Geneva, WI. Someday. Anyway, interesting article below.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Legally blind golfer scores hole-in-one at Florida's Cove Cay CC

Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A hole-in-one is rare on the golf course, but what are the odds of a blind golfer sinking one?

Leo Fiyalko couldn't see it, but his golf buddies did -- a hole-in-one on the fifth hole at the Cove Cay Country Club.
Fiyalko is 92 and has macular degeneration. He's been golfing for 60 years, but his 110-yard shot with a 5-iron on Jan. 10 was his first hole-in-one.

"I was just trying to put the ball on the green," Fiyalko said.

Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to 90-plus. He used to have a seven handicap, but now he needs help lining up his shots and finding his golf balls because he only has peripheral vision in his right eye.

Jean Gehring was playing in his foursome and watched Fiyalko's swing. "I could tell it went on the green, [but] when we got up there I didn't see it. I looked in the hole and there it was," Gehring said.

Gehring said Fiyalko brushed off the feat, and had to be prodded to tell his wife about it at the end of the round.
Fiyalko's friends at the country club presented him with a plaque last week to commemorate the feat.