Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Casey Martin Qualifies For US Open

((HT: KVAL-TV Eugene))

This is one of those cool stories...

The fact that he's competitive and has made it again to the US Open at Olympic is even better...

Casey Martin holed a 5-foot par putt in almost darkness on the final hole at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell, Oregon.

The 40-year-old Martin is now the golf coach at the University of Oregon. He had a 36-hole score of 138. Had he missed, he would have been in a three-man playoff for two spots.

He was planning on going to North Carolina next week to watch recruits in a junior tournament.

But...

"This is a little better," Martin told the Golf Channel.

You ain't kidding...

Here's the recap...


Martin has Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, a rare circulatory disorder that causes severe pain and makes it virtually impossible for him to walk 18 holes. He sued the PGA Tour and won the right to use a cart in 1998...

After one year on tour, he went into coaching... and his return to the Olympic will be really cool...

Like the HQ said...

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