LET is supporting ISPS Handa & Disabled golf. ISPS Handa, one of our main sponsors, has fostered partnerships with Ladies European Tour among others golf governing bodies worldwide to help develop the game at every level and promote blind and disabled golf.
Over the coming months, we will be following the progression of some pupils from The Golf Academy that we met during ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters. This one is a new story from Tony Lloyd.
We contacted Tony who also attended the ISPS Handa British Masters Pro-Am last year. Tony started to play golf when he was a child and is following the advice of Craig Thomas, director of The Golf Academy. Tony tells us his story here:
A bit about me!
"I was born on 4th July 1970 in UK with what I describe as “elbow length arms”. The nearest I have found to a real name for it is Phocomelia. A lot of people wrongly assume that my disability was caused by the thalidomide drug available in the late fifties, early sixties and was prescribed to pregnant women to help alleviate morning sickness. I’m way too young for that. I just got lucky!!! When I say I got lucky I mean that, there are people out there with disabilities that can make life hard. I may struggle to tie a lace, fasten my top button or put on a tie but there isn’t a lot else I can’t do. I often make light of my disability, I’m even on Twitter as “@shortarmgolfer” but I also embrace it. It has made me who I am. Sure I could just sit around, feel sorry for myself and wonder why me? But hey, where‘s the challenge in that??? I drive a manual car without the need for adaptations....!
The most important part of my life is the time I spend with my 12 year old son Taylor."
His Relation with Sports and Golf:
Golf has always been a passion but hadn’t realised these events were out there. I started playing golf as a child, following my Dad around the course and hitting golf balls on the range. I used his clubs back then as I was small enough to do so. I hold the grip of the golf club under my left armpit and guide the club in my swing with my right hand (or thumb if you like). Unfortunately I soon grew out of his clubs and could no longer use them as they were too short. There were times when I just didn’t think it would be possible for me to play golf. One day I got lucky and met a golf loving technician at a limb centre who was able to build my first club. It wasn’t a professional job by any stretch of the imagination, it was made from a piece of steel piping and didn’t have a grip but it was a start."
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Ladies European Tour (LET) - LET supporting ISPS Handa and Disabled golf: Meeting Tony Lloyd
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