((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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