Wondered if any of you have heard of the Adaptive Open? It’s a golf tournament for individuals with various disabilities. It was at Woodmont CC in Rockville, MD this year. My son is the Director of Golf Courses and Grounds so I went out and volunteered for the 3 day event. Some incredible golfers! The winning score was -24 by a golfer with cerebral palsy. Shot a 61-64-65! If interested look it up on USGA.org.
Adaptive Open
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I actually watched for a little bit over my lunch hour. Some amazing players out there.
Chaz has been all over youtube golf recently. It looks like he finished 20th, 33 shots behind the winner. That tells me all I need to know about the golfers in this tournament because Chaz is a stick.
From what I can tell, different players used different tees based on their disability.
I see blue, white and red for different people (6625 yards, 6092 yards, 5156 yards)
The tees varied according to their disability. The guy that won with -24 played at tees that measured 6500 yards for 18. More disabled went down as low as 5000 yards.
I was blown away by the ability of the golfers. I was in a group with a seated player (wheelchair) and he shot an 81. Couldn’t believe it. They were amazing and great people to converse with.
