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The GORDON MCLAY story 15:18

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The mental landscape of the game is a fascination for Scotsman Gordon Mclay: seeing, feeling the next shot, thinking ahead to the different scenarios like the chess player. Gordon used this process first subconsciously when teaching himself to play as a boy, then as a competitor good enough to compete in the Scottish Amateur Championship, and later working as a professional caddie on the Legends Tour. In life of course it is much harder to predict the bounce of the ball. A motorcycle accident in 2007 would eventually lead to Gordon needing the amputation of his lower right leg in 2022 after years of pain that nearly took golf away from him completely. If someone had told him that just two years after the surgery he would be playing in a big championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, he would have been amazed. But life is like golf, and you can never really tell how that ball is going to bounce. Enjoy Gordon’s story with EDGA here.…

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The CATHERINE GRACIE story 15:47

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Catherine Gracie, a recently retired teacher in international trade from Brittany in France, is on the tee at her home golf course, melodically humming along to a famous song from the 1980s. “I’m so excited… and I just can’t hide it…” Catherine only started playing golf 10 years ago but for a good reason, and the game has welcomed this golfer who must swing and strike the ball with one arm only. “My greatest joy is to play golf with friends, new friends, abled and disabled. It’s a great source of resilience,” she starts to explain. “When I come back home, I feel better, I feel good… I really think that golf helps me to tame my disability more than I would have imagined before my accident.” The game – which many non-golfers think might be exclusive rather than inclusive – has been a haven for Catherine since she started learning to play. Enjoy her story here with EDGA.…

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The ELISEO VILLANUEVA story 14:18

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Being a paratrooper, Eliseo Villanueva was more equipped than many to handle adversity. The US Army veteran explains: “In the airborne community we say, ‘Adapt and overcome, and continue on with your mission’.” The severe injury to his dominant left arm on the training ground in 1993 was a potential long-term blow. However, a darker legacy around Eliseo’s feeling of duty in serving on the front line came when he and a number of his fellow Paratroopers would develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Something was needed to help him cope with feelings of anxiety. A key activity became golf. He says: “I can say that golf has been a lifesaver for me… Golf has been a big part of how I deal with post traumatic stress. It calms me down, it makes me focus, it drives me to get better, and it has enhanced my life in so many ways.” Eliseo has played in the qualifying round for the US Senior Amateur Championship and also key ‘G4D’ events, but he is also happy playing with his friends. Here is his story.…

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The ELLEN LARSEN story 13:15

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Ellen Larsen and her husband Per Arne, from near Oslo in Norway, have both overcome hugely challenging health conditions to enjoy life again, using golf as a regular shared activity to inspire them. “Through golf you keep social, physically active and get a good brain workout,” explains Ellen who, after back surgery to help a long-standing neurological condition, has a weakened left leg and mobility problems. “Golfing is my meditation… I do not do yoga, I play golf! I have learned to focus on what I can manage, instead of the opposite.” Per Arne and Ellen want to share golf with others, so they are golf volunteers helping new people into the game, including people with disabilities who are in rehabilitation after health trauma. Enjoy Ellen’s story with EDGA here.…

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The THOMAS BLIZZARD story 17:03

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Having tested himself in some big golf tournaments this year, England’s Thomas Blizzard, aged 18, has absorbed a lot. He is a serious player in the making. The challenges he faces are part of his learning curve. What makes him tick as a golfer. He tells us: “Part of my condition of Autism makes social and high pressure scenarios extremely difficult to function in. With golf being a heavily mental game it often leads to my detriment as I can easily get frustrated over things when they don’t go as planned, and this will then lead to a knock-on effect for the holes to come. “But I love the pressure that golf puts on you. You are the only person that can control the outcome and ultimately if you go out there, do the best you can, and someone's better than you on the day, then they're just better than you. In golf there is no hiding place.” This resilient philosophy is leading to some fine performances and an intriguing story. Enjoy this with EDGA today.…

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The MARI BERKERS story 13:04

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Mari Berkers loves golf, what the game brings him, and how it gets his mind working. He took up the sport at the age of 32 in 2011. “It’s all about making the right shot, the personal challenge and the nature, are all part of me loving the game of golf so much. Being out there, in beautiful surroundings, hitting the shots that you visualise, and always trying to beat your lowest score,” says Mari, a business developer for a leading food company from Tilburg in the Netherlands. For Mari, the intricacies of these challenges, including developing a good golf swing, all help him to maintain fitness with his neurological condition, and keep him feeling confident on the course and in his wider life. Enjoy Mari’s story with EDGA here.…

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EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 69 5:41

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This week we introduce you to the story of Fabrizio Gardiol from Italy. We give you an insight into last weeks EDGA workshops and Annual Assembly and a guide to using the suite of EDGA logos. FABRIZIO GARDIOL Acquired wisdom shows us that we can earn a “bagful of things” to improve life, and for some, golf can play a leading role. You would be forgiven for thinking that the hand condition Fabrizio Gardiol was born with could be a major problem for him growing up in the 1960s, perhaps creating a lack of confidence during his school days, but in fact it might be one of the reasons behind his personal achievements over the years. The condition seems to have influenced how Fabrizio grew into his life as a boy supported by his family, and he certainly believes it plays a role in how he aims to be a positive influence on his own two sons today. Yes, there are obstacles in all our lives, he says, but these can be overcome to find success. Fabrizio believes golf can be a mirror to how we seek to improve our lives and how we conduct ourselves with others. “Face the challenge”, says this man who also loves cycling, motorbikes and rock climbing out in the wild, and you might just surprise yourself in the process. THE EDGA WORKSHOPS The game’s national governing bodies can help change the lives of people with disability through the power of golf, agree members of EDGA. Creating a stronger culture of equity, inclusion and opportunity across golf is how this can be achieved via continued innovation and best practice, delegates were informed at EDGA’s 2022 Annual Congress in Portugal. EDGA’s membership of now 36 national golf federations were invited to take part in the congress. On the second day of the conference all welcomed countries Kenya and Namibia, which were elected as new members of EDGA. Over two days of presentations and workshops delegates discussed major progressive steps recently taken to grow the game, from encouraging the very first putts and chips in golf by ‘samplers’ of the sport to possibly playing at an elite level for golfers with a disability. The R&A’s Jim Gough informed of The R&A and the USGA’s latest update to the Rules of Golf that includes, for the first time, the modified Rules for players with disabilities being fully incorporated into the playing rules, without the need to adopt a local rule. The DP World Tour’s CEO Keith Pelley appraised delegates on the successful partnership with EDGA and the growth of the G4D Tour. EDGA Head of Development Mark Taylor took the audience through the coach education framework that seeks to embed G4D knowledge and learning into existing coach education. EDGA’s Director of Development Aimi Bullock recognised much good work by member nations to encourage more women into the game but challenged every nation member of EDGA to deliver more G4D women players by the time of the 2023 congress. EDGA LOGO USAGE The EDGA logo asset can be used. EDGA focuses on empowering the person first and recognising their individuality rather than their impairment. We believe that irrespective of nationality, gender, age or impairment, we are all golfers. Launched at the start of the year, the new EDGA brand incorporated a "G" symbolising how the golfer is at the heart of all our activity. The “G" is our icon and as such as we move into 2023, we are pleased to share that EDGA pass holders with a WR4GD, Access, or Access Conditional Pass can use the icon. The “G icon" can be added to your materials such as clothing, and equipment such as on a golf bag. Requests for the symbol should be made to scottbennett11@gmail.com . Please note the symbol can only be used independent of other texts/logo and cannot be changed in colour.…

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EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 68 4:55

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This is episode 68 of the EDGA Golfers’ first podcast. This week we introduce you to the story of Tom Doherty, the new RSM European Stableford Play-Off Champion, we explain why we use the term G4D. STORIES Inclusive golf? “Let’s spread the waves, let’s move those barriers,” says Ireland’s Tom Doherty. Talking with Tom, it is clear he understands that the camaraderie and togetherness that can be found at an inclusive golf event can create a great sense of community for those taking part. This man from Killarney – which is a fine tourist town in beautiful Kerry in Ireland’s south, where the locals are much more likely to say, ‘how are you?’ than ‘who are you?’ – is passionate about community. And, just recently, in 2022, after the Covid couple of years, he has begun to find himself on a mission to spread the vibe about how golf can help others, including those with a disability; physically, mentally, and socially. You just need to remove the barriers, he says, and welcome new golfers with some sincerity. Doherty has seen that Ireland as a nation is taking progressive strides to make the game more inclusive; this year he believes a little personal mission of his own can be perhaps something of a companion piece, on a local level in the Kerry region. What’s in a name Consistency of terminology is essential if we are not to complicate an already confused market. In the next few minutes, I will explain why we use the terms G4D and GwD. The appropriate use of language/terminology has shifted several times over the decades as new models of disability have emerged and been delved into by scholars. Within an international context, the use of people-first language is advocated, which in golf terms would translate to ‘golfers with a disability or, more specifically, to terms placing the golfer first when naming the impairment or condition, so for example’ golfer with neurological impairment’. Such language aligns with the so-called third wave of the disability movement and is termed the “self-advocacy wave”. The first self-advocacy conference in 1974 gave rise to the people-first movement as engineers of this wave aimed to empower the person with a disability by first recognising their individuality rather than their impairment. This understanding guides our belief that the golfer comes first, and we encapsulated this in our January 2014 strap line when we stated ‘EDGA - Golfers First’. We recognise that the use of person-first language is a step in the right direction, but it is by no means a perfect solution. The terms’ Disabled Golf’ and ‘Disability golf’ put the emphasis on the disability first. So if we consider the term ‘Disabled Golf’ - both ‘disabled’ and ‘golf’ are nouns. In this structure, the first noun is the focus of attention, modified by the second to provide context. In reality, everyone forms their own identity. Perhaps this identity is that of a father or mother, husband or wife. Maybe one’s identity is that of a sports player, business owner, teacher, soldier or carer. Perhaps it is as a senior, adult or youth, successful or victim. However, the person identifies, it is their identity. We think that the hierarchy of identity is important. EDGA was guided by the number of players who state that they do not feel disabled, even though they have an impairment. This understanding indicated that we should use the term G4D for the sector and GwD for the players.…

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EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 67 6:30

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We took a short break to take on board some comments about what the listeners would like to hear more of and, just as importantly, what they would like to hear less of. These were the three most significant comments. More stories, more information about what is happening in and around G4D and some tournament results. In this episode, we give you a taste of the stories of Jeron Coumou from Holland and Kipp Poppert from England, we explain the inclusion spectrum, and give you the results of the RSM European net and stableford playoffs and for the G4D Tour event at Valderrama in Spain. STORIES Jeroen Coumou is a Dutchman living in Rotterdam. When we interviewed him to ask what golf means to him, his warm and approachable personality was immediately apparent, as was a thoughtfulness and calm authority. Clearly, at ease in being honest and open with strangers, he will at the same time fix you in the eye as he speaks and listens, learning a little about you in return. He has the characteristics which you would hope for among the best in his profession. He is a teacher. “I am a history teacher but my main concern is not the lesson I’m teaching. What I like about teaching is you see them come in as 12-year-olds and they leave as young adults and they have made progress in life. If there are one or two you can reach and have a good influence on, that’s already a job well done.” Kipp Poppert has been the dominant player in the G4D Tour in 2022 until now. With four wins from the six events played so far and a stream of under-par scores over demanding courses, his performances have made the race for the top spot of the gross ranking very close. Kipp featured in a DP World Tour programme supported by Velocity Global called ‘Roots’. You can learn more about Kipp and view the show on the DP World Tour website and search from Roots or https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/g4d/news/video/detail/roots-kipp-popert-presented-by-velocity-global/ THE INCLUSION SPECTRUM In an ideal world, it is a matter of individual choice as to the type and level of participation one has in one’s choice of sport. So says Laura Misener and Simon Darcy, who in an academic paper on inclusive perspectives, explained the five types of engagement using their inclusion spectrum model. Starting with a Discrete Activity, a purposefully planned different activity for an individual or group, we then progress around the model to find Adapted Sports which can be described as a remodelled disability activity. A Parallel Sport can be considered an activity where participants are grouped according to ability and can access and compete in a sport in a similar but different way. A Modified Integrated Sport requires no structural change but may have modifications to the rules of play, while a fully Integrated Sport has no such adaptions. Golf is an integrated sport that, for some players with a disability, can be considered to be a modified integrated sport as some rules are adjusted to create a level playing field. You will hear more about the Modifications of Rules for Players with Disabilities changes in the coming weeks. TOURNAMENTS The 2022 RSM European Net and Stableford Championships have been concluded at Stratford on Avon Golf Club, and two new champions have emerged. Daphne van Houten overcame a fast start to the Net final by her opponent Eduardo Biagi to win a hard-fought match. In the Stableford division, Tom Doherty from Ireland took his match to extra holes against the reigning champion Miroslav Halmo before taking the 19th hole and the title.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 66 6:39

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Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. After a short break, this episode brings you the qualifiers for the RSM European net and Stableford play-offs, mentions EDGAs collaboration with Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada, and rounds up the G4D Tour at the BMW-PGA Championship held at Wentworth. So let's get to episode 66 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. In 2021 the RSM European net and Stableford play-offs were launched at the Stratford on Avon Golf Club, the home of Samual Ryder, the founder of the Ryder Cup. Stratford, perhaps best known for English playwright William Shakespeare, is a beautiful town in England's West Midlands. From the 20th to the 22nd of September, it will be the venue of jousts of a different kind when European qualifiers in the net and Stableford divisions battle to take home the title of European Champion in their respective divisions. Sixteen qualifying players – eight from each category – from the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD) will tee it up in the three-day matchplay knockout tournament. The accent for the week will be on top competition on the fairways while raising awareness for golf as a great sport for anyone looking for positive new activity. The innovative EDGA event is supported for a second year by leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM. Alongside the tournament play, RSM staff, who have been trained as volunteers by EDGA, will provide outreach sessions to several disability associations and offer a 'first touch' of golf to a new audience in this area of Warwickshire. EDGA member federation Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada are committed to providing opportunities for people with disabilities to experience golf's physical, psychological, and social benefits. As part of this commitment, the national golf organisations have been discussing with EDGA how they can prepare the workforce to ensure a good experience for potential new players. The EDGA 359 programme will be presented by Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada, partnering with EDGA as part of their coach training designed to demystify adaptive golf and give coaches the confidence needed to launch and develop programs for golfers with disabilities across Canada. Laura Wilson, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Safe Sport for Golf Canada, said "Through this coach training, we are eager to increase support for golfers of all abilities and make our sport inclusive of more Canadians," The G4D Tour event at The BMW-PGA Championship took place at the iconic Wentworth Golf Club. The west course has been the home of both the PGA Championship and World Matchplay championship for decades, and some of the most exciting golf in Europe has taken place over the closing holes. The course was no pushover at 6,700 yards, with firm greens and heavy rough. Four players were within three shots of each other as the final round started, but it was Mike Browne who made a charge getting to the turn in three under and finding himself in a share of the lead with Brendan Lawlor and Kipp Popert. The lead changed several times on the back nine before world number two Kipp Popert firmly closed the door on his challengers with a birdie on the last for a three-shot win and his third G4D Tour win of the season. This week's Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast features an update to the Juan Postigo Arce story. It is available on our website and most leading podcast platforms along with our youtube channel, which can be found by typing edgagolf tv into your browser.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 65 7:19

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Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week we look at the recently finished G4D Tour event at the ISPS World Invitational in Northern Ireland. We have a round-up of the players currently in position to qualify for the RSM European Net and Stableford Play-offs and give you the heads up on how we are helping in the development of golf's coaching professionals. More and more people are starting to play golf; for some, it is the opportunity to spend time with friends in the open air; for others, it is the freedom to grab their clubs and go to hit a few balls or play some holes in solitude. Whatever the reason, golf is becoming a go-to sport for thousands who enjoy the unique opportunity that the game provides. For a recent article in the media, I wrote that golf is a unique sport, in that each player has his or her own ball, meaning control of one player's performance by another is impossible. In golf, the ball is stationary, so players with a visual impairment or a physical impairment that restricts or inhibits movement have the time to prepare. Regardless of ability, gender, age, or ethnicity, every golfer needs to take a club to hit a ball to a target that may be near or far. But of course, you already know this - you are a player. Sadly though, most of the world thinks that golfers with a disability play a different game, a game called disabled golf, which couldn't be further from the truth. The game that golfers with a disability play is golf, not an adapted version with bigger holes, shorter lengths, or with bumper bars on the side of the fairway to keep the ball in play. The game has some minimally modified rules where necessary, not as drastic as allowing for the playing of two drives where you can pick the best one or not counting penalty shots; there are no guidelines on the greens when putting. None of this is allowed, but rather golfers with a disability simply play the same game in the same conditions as everyone else. The G4D Tour event at the ISPS World Invitational was played at Galgorm in Northern Ireland. The winner was Tommaso Perrino from Italy, who scored six under par over the two days of competition. With an opening round of minus 4, Tommaso was paired with local favourite and world number one Brendan Lawlor. As the winner of this, the fourth G4D Tour event of 2022, will now go on to play the DP World Finale in Dubai in November and join Kipp Popert and Mike Browne, who have already secured their place in the season-ending showcase. Invitations for the 2nd RSM European Net and Stableford Playoffs are just a week away from being confirmed. The ranking for WR4GD week 32/22, published on the 17th of August, will decide the invitations, and with several events to fall off the ranking before then, it is likely that there will be changes in the ranking order. The RSM Play-offs are a great example of how RSM supports G4D across every level. Currently, the players in the top eight positions of the net ranking come from six different countries, and likewise, the same can be said of the Stableford ranking. Once again, our Head of Development, Mark Taylor, has been working with the coaches, this time in South Africa. Our work to help ensure that coaches are well prepared to receive golfers with various impairments and help them with their games is stretching across the globe. The work we do with the national federations and PGAs to help ensure that today's and tomorrow's coaches are well prepared is ongoing. Although it gets very little fanfare from the media and is often drowned out by the press coverage of tournament golf, it is game-changing initiatives such as these that ultimately shape the landscape of golf and will make golf the most inclusive of all sports.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 64 5:46

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Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week fresh off the back of two tournaments, the USGA Adaptive Open in Pinehurst, The RSM Gross series event at Rockliffe Hall and the much-anticipated Golf and Health Congress in Edinburgh, and as always, a sneak preview of this week’s Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast which features Jennifer Sraga from Germany. The United States Golf Association Adaptive Open took place at Pinehurst number 6 in North Carolina. The 54 holes tournament was played out in the steaming heat of the North Carolina Summer, where high humidity levels are typical. The event, for which no expense was spared, was contested by 96 players in various impairment categories. The USGA created winners in each of the eight impairment categories, as defined by the USGA, in both male and female divisions. The overall champions were Simon Lee of South Korea won a playoff against Sweden’s Felix Norrman in the men’s section, and Kim Moore took the trophy in the women’s section. There is little doubt that the impressive inaugural event will become a sought-after event in years to come and has changed how golf for the disabled is perceived in the United States. Rockliffe Hall Golf Course near Darlington was the venue for the latest RSM Gross Series event and the RSM Charity Day. Teams of four took part on the practice day, with EDGA players leading teams that included RSM staff and guests in a team format event. The course at Rockliffe was running well due to the dry weather conditions that had persisted for weeks. According to the players, the course was in good condition and a strong test for the players who competed over the next two days in the gross, net and Stableford divisions. The Stableford winner was Rich White, with 61 points over the two rounds. Rich was fresh from having attended the 150th Open Championship as a spectator and took inspiration from the players competing at St Andrews. In the net division, Edward Mason from Buckinghamshire took the honours with two net scores of 74 for a total of 148. The gross section winner was the inform Bradley Smith with scores of 71 and 70 for a two-round total of minus three, to take the second EDGA Gross series win of the year. Bradley’s good scoring has seen him enter and race to 9th place in the latest ranking. The 2nd International Congress on Golf and Health took place on the 18 and 19 of July 2022 in Edinburgh. The 2022 edition took place in Scotland, the Home of Golf, highlighting its players' wide range of health benefits. EDGAs Dr Roger Hawkes led a Golf session for the Disabled, and the attentive audience included Fiona Bull from the World Health Organisation, Marree Todd from the Scottish Government, Debbie Palmer from the IOC, and representatives from The R&A, DP World Tour and FIFA. The session illuminated the audience with why golf is such a good game for people with a variety of impairments and promoted a more holistic view of why G4D has the power to change lives and the game for the better.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 63 5:55

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Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week we are at the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. Although we know that golf for the disabled is relatively new, compared to the 150 years of the Open, the first association explicitly formed for golfers with a disability was set up in 1932 just down the road from here in Glasgow. We also know that golfers with a disability have played the game for much longer, with players such as Dunblane golfer Robert Martin, a high leg amputee, who won his club championship in 1923 and 1924. In this episode, we tell you about the first golfer with a disability that EDGA has entered into the Junior Open. We also give you a flavour of the Champions Celebration at the Open Championship, where four EDGA Players teed it up with the champions of golf over four holes at the iconic Old Course. As always, we have a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features Rich White, who found EDGA due to seeing the G4D Tour on Sky Sports. So let’s get to episode 63 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. G4D Community The first formal community of golfers with a disability was the Society of One Arm Golfers, formed in 1932. As the name implies, it had a very narrow focus on players using one arm. According to the society, “Membership is open to all persons whose non-playing hand or arm is physically impaired and as a result play golf with only one arm”. Several other associations were soon set up. In the United States of America, the National Amputee Golf Association was formed in 1954 and others around the world followed. Fast forward to today, G4D is in most magazines and on screens across the globe. The Junior Open Russell Aide became EDGAs first representative at The R&As Junior Open, played at the Monifieth Links just north of St Andrews. Russell, who hails from Stirling, not the one in Scotland, but rather the one in Ontario, Canada, came over and found a golf course very different from the one he is used to back home. At 15 years of age and standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, Russell is head and shoulders above many of his competitors, but that height advantage is not too helpful when the wind blows as it can so often do on the East Coast. Russell struggled to an eight-over par 80 in the first of three days and is hoping for better things as the tournament progresses. The Celebration of Champions Four golfers with a Disability were invited by The R&A to compete in the Champions Celebration on the Monday ahead of the 150th Open Championship. The event took place in front of thousands of spectators over the 1st, 2nd, 17th and 18th holes of the Old Course. Juan Postigo partnered three Open Champions, Mark Calcavecchia, Jordan Spieth and Ian Baker-Finch. Jennifer Sraga was paired with Henrik Stenson, Mark O'Meara, and the 2021 Latin America Amateur Champion Aaron Jarvis. Monique Kalkman played with three legends of the Open, in Gary Player, Sir Bob Charles and Scotland’s very own Sandy Lyle. The last of the EDGA players on deck was Kipp Popert, who had Stewart Cink, Paul Lawrie and five-time Open champion Tom Watson as company on this special day. In a world that too often teaches people to look away from anything or anyone different, people with disability so often feel excluded or even invisible. Yesterday those eyes were perhaps a little envious and totally focussed on our four athletes as they competed with the best.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 62 6:13

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With the season in full swing in the Northern hemisphere, apologies for the slightly late publication of this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week is a five shorter with news of further updates to the ranking, a short recap of this week's G4D Tour event at the Horizon Irish Open, a mention of the upcoming RSM event at the fabulous Rockliffe Hall and an update on the players currently in the position to contest the RSM European Play-off series for net and Stableford players. We also have a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features David Reaney who is just getting started on his EDGA journey. So let’s get to episode 62 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. To ensure the WR4GD is truly representative of the current competitive environment, event ageing will be introduced to better reflect and reward players’ current form. This will start at the beginning of January 2023. Points and divisors from events within the most recent 52 weeks of a player’s record will count at full value. From there on, event points and divisors will reduce proportionately, approximately two per cent, per week before they drop out after 104 weeks. Please note that the full points received will remain on the players playing record and you will not see these points decrease in value. Divisor and Average points total change week to week to reflect the ageing process. An example of ageing can be thought of as when Player A has received 10 points at an event. In weeks 1-52, the 10 points will be worth exactly the same and so the divisor will remain at 1. In week 53 the 10 points earned will be worth 9.8 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.98. By week 78 the 10 points earned will be worth 5 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.5. By the time we get to week 103 the 10 points earned will be worth 0.2 points, and the divisor will reduce to 0.02, before dropping off altogether in week 104. Congratulations to all those who competed in the G4D Tour Horizon Irish Open at the Mount Juliet golf course. Mike Browne led the field with a fantastic two under par on day one and then had to sit on the lead for not only the evening but well into the afternoon of the following day after heavy rain had played havoc with the course. Eventually almost seven hours after he was scheduled to tee off Mike hit his opening drive and recorded two bogies in the first three holes. Undaunted he soon steadied the ship and held off any pretenders to claim the victory with a level par total over the two days. For those who have played in an RSM golf day, there is no need for me to explain how good the day is. This year the venue is the fabulous Rockliffe Hall and with our team, on hand all the players have a great opportunity to chat about their games, make new friends and compete in their respective divisions for monetary prizes in the gross division and vouchers in the net and Stableford divisions. This year the RSM day is followed by the RSM Gross series which also has net and Stableford divisions and is another chance to earn points to get into the much anticipated RSM European Play-offs at Stratford later in the year. The leading eight players in position to be invited for the net playoffs, are Juan Postigo, Jari Vihanne, Andre Toth, Charles Henri-Quelin, Mike Jones, Filip Rataj, Pierre Dumas and Petri Takunnen. The Stableford division is led by Petri Partanen, Timo Pessi, Phillipe Petit, Magnus Grimberg, Mirsolav Halmo, Markku Korpimaki, Jacopo Luce, and Jean-Yves Padioleau. With just a few weeks left to qualify for the play-offs expect some movers from those trying to get into the top 8 spots of each division.…

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The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 61 4:42

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week’s episode comes from Thonock Park in Gainsborough, the site of the inaugural EDGA PING Open, an RSM Gross Series event. We start with a short recap of the event at Thonock before looking back at the 2022 EGA European Team Championship for golfers with a disability and a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features Hayato Yoshida from Japan. So let’s get to episode 61 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. The Karsten Lakes Golf Course at Thonock Park in Gainsborough was the first EDGA PING Open venue. Thonock, is the home of the European Headquarters of the leading equipment manufacturer PING proved to be a stiff test for the players who battled it out in the stableford, Net and gross divisions. The Gross series, supported by RSM with prize money for the leading two players, was close after the first round, with three players within three shots and the leader at level par. Finally, Bradley Smith took home the lion’s share of the prize money as the winner with scores of 74 and 73 for a tree over par total. Second place in a three-way card playoff went to Oliver Hirst-Greenham, beating Paul Ellison from Scotland, who took home a bonus prize from Ping and Cedric Lescut from Belgium. The EGA European Team Championship for golfers with a disability included the teams from 13 countries who took to the course in Koksijde - Belgium. The Nations Cup is traditionally played at the same venue over the same course, and this event was contested by a further eight teams. Although the event sits on the European Golf Associations’ calendar, EDGA were fully involved in the delivery of the event, together with EGA, The Royal Belgium Federation and the club of Koksijde. The Royal Belgium Federation team, under the direction of Johan Verbiest, did a first-class job, and he garnered the support of the golf club and their fifty-plus volunteers who went the extra mile to look after the players, officials, and guests. Ireland was making their debut in the event and made the perfect start as Conner Stone, Adian Gresham, Alan Gaynor, and world number one in the gross ranking Brendan Lawlor took a stunning victory from a distant second place team with a score of 3 under par over the five counting rounds. The Nations Cup was won by the host country Belgium who were also making their debut with a team that was gender-balanced with Peggy and Liliane, an essential part of the four-player team, which also included Senne and Jules. The popular winners at the Koksijde course had a week to remember, and one that shows the number of Federations getting behind the event continues to grow. Perhaps the next edition in two years will also be won by debutants as more teams start to enter the most prestigious team event played in G4D. Hayato Yoshida’s thoughts on golf can be readily applied to most of life. He took up golf only at the age of 30, after his early years had taken twists and turns. But he is a golfer today (a PGA Professional in fact) and a philosophical one at that. He will tell you that “golf is life” and that “golf is a dialogue with yourself. Hayato survived a horrific injury as a young man, an accident that could have damaged his life irreparably. Indeed, it wrecked his boyhood dream of playing professional baseball. However, despite the setback, Yoshida, from Kawasaki in the Greater Tokyo area of Japan, has managed to remain highly positive but also very much focused on what he can achieve in life. You can find Hayato’s story in the Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast, which is available on most leading podcast platforms and our youtube channel, which can be found by typing edgagolf.tv into your browser.…

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