The American Golf Association opens a prize for people with disabilities

The opening period gathered 96 players, aged 16 to 80, of which 25 faces from Europe, Canada, Mexico, Korea, Japan. The golfers will compete with the medal through three rounds of Pinhurst Resort No. 6 Pinhurst Resort - where many times hosted Major US Open. The tournament has 78 male and 18 women with four positions of hand -shading and handicap (maximum 36.4).

Disabled groups at US Adaptive Open include: limb (one or more limbs), blind, intellectual, nervous, short -term and "just in the sitting position". The organizers receive both amateur golfers and training experts.

Round 2 ended on July 19 with the top of the male table belonged to Simon Lee at the point -2 while the female head was held by Kim Moore, at the +12 point. Lee, Korean nationality with intellectual disabilities, reached Handicap 3.6, and Moore had no right foot at birth and grew up and lost a left leg but reached Handicap 1.4.

Yesterday, Jeremy Bittner (Handicap 1.1) recorded the first Hole-in-one at the US Adaptive Open when using iron sticks No. 6 to distribute holes 4, 187 yard long.

With this Ace, Bittner and his ball will be saved in the USGA museum. Bittner is standing T26 with a +20 score. This golfer was amputated in the left foot in the accident of a lawn mower to be four years old.

The blind player Jake Olson after two rounds at the bottom of the table with +61 score. With Olson, the achievement is secondary and the new US Adaptive Open. Because it is evidence for the process of striving to overcome adversity to pursue golf. He was supported by his father in the tournament.

Olson imported from a young age, to 12 years of age but still golfers, with handicap currently at 9.8.

"I and my father spent a lot of time and effort for golf and realized that we were completely able to continue. I like golf before being blind. This loss cannot make me give up," Olson split up Share on golf.com.