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SPORT - GOLF
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS SOCIAL MEDIA
| James Gribble from Sydney Australia hasn't let quadriplegia stop him from playing the game he loves, and now he wants more disabled people to find their feet again through golf. |
| For a person with a disability, learning to play golf can provide much needed self-confidence and a lifetime's worth of enjoyment. I play golf with business associates, old friends, and family, just like everybody else does!In searching for information on adapted golf over the years, I've found that valuable information is difficult to locate and have been frustrated with the fact that there isn't a single place to go to get information. I've built this page based on my experiences. If you have anything to add, please send me an e-mail and I will incorporate it in the site. |
| Welcome to the Adaptive Golf Association - helping everyone from regular weekend players to individuals with mobility challenges learn and enjoy the great game of golf! |
| Amputee Golf Australia (NSW) Inc, was founded in September 2002, with the help of the NSW Sports Council for the Disabled.
Our aim is to promote golf as viable form of rehabilitation and recreation for amputees and to provide information to amputees of new developments and improvements of prosthetics.
AGA organizes and hosts regular golf events for amputees in Australia we also provide information and advice relating to other amputee golf events, throughout the world. |
| Our aim is to promote golf as viable form of rehabilitation and recreation for amputees and to provide information to amputees of new developments and improvements of prosthetics. Amputee Golf NSW organizes and hosts regular golf events for amputees in Australia we also provide information and advice relating to other amputee golf events, throughout the world. |
| The Q.A.G.A is committed to promoting the benefits of amputee golf as a viable form of rehabilitation and recreation for all amputees throughout Queensland and Australia. As well as providing regular golf events and clinics, the QAGA aims to provide Queensland amputees with information concerning both prosthetic aids and golf equipment that will assist amputees in enhancing their abilities and performance. The Q.A.G.A. also provides Queensland amputees with information relating to Australian and International amputee golf events and tournaments.
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| The Australian Blind Golf Association was formed to promote the game of golf amongst Blind and Vision Impaired Persons, and to co-ordinate blind golf between the States of Australia. |
| CAGA's mandate is to visit trauma victims in hospitals, meeting with prospective amputees and their families at home to prepare them for the difficulties that lie ahead, giving moral support to existing amputees with their struggles in daily life, whilst also comforting their families, raising the awareness to the general populous of how an amputation affects one's daily living habits, and a part of rehabilitation - running amputee golf tournaments and supporting golf clinics across the country.
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| The Challenge Golf Course and Driving Range was the first golf facility built in the nation for individuals with disabilities. Located on the Hospital's main campus, the course has wheelchair-accessible paths, handrails on the tees and slopes with inclines of 8% or less.
The Challenge Golf program at Edwin Shaw Hospital has been recognized nationally and internationally as a model for therapeutic recreation programs. Classes taught by a PGA professional help physically challenged golfers (beginning and experienced) adapt after an illness or injury.
Thousands of individuals with disabilities have demonstrated that golf can be played by those with one arm or one leg, the blind, the arthritic, and by those who have had strokes, spinal cord injuries and other neuromuscular diseases |
| Empower Golf Aust aims to facilitate and promote golf for Australians of all abilities with the following aims:
•Establish Empower Golf Hubs at golf courses nationally to enable access to golf for all abilities
•Provide and fund equipment
•Organise development days, coaching and tournaments
•Build infrastructure and profile of disabled golf with ultimate goal of Paralympic inclusion
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| The main purpose of the EBGA is to provide visually handicapped people with the facility to train and compete in the game of golf. Training is provided by giving new members support to receive lessons from professional golfers. In addition each year the organisation invites all members to attend a training weekend at which PGA professionals teach the various aspects of the game. Assistance is also given to schools for the blind where pupils want to start to play golf.
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| Fore Hope is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that uses golf as an instrument to help in the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities or an inactive lifestyle. The Fore Hope team consists of certified recreational therapists and golf professionals led by Program Director, John Schmidli. |
| Golf is a sport which can be played by anyone regardless of age, gender, physical ability or disability. Most people will think it is essential to have good eyesight to play golf but that is not true. Totally blind and severely visually impaired golfers, with the assistance of their coaches/guides are able to enjoy the friendship and exercise the game provides – but most of all the thrill of hitting a good shot. |
| The mission of Mobility Golf is to increase opportunities for those who can't walk to play golf...great to see what's possible and happening elsewhere, well worth a look. |
| The Paramobile was originally designed for disabled golfers, but can also be customized for use in other sports and leisure activities such as fishing or archery for example. With its strong chassis frame, the Paramobile can cope with gradients of up to 30 degrees and sideways inclinations of about 17 degrees. The Paramobile will turn automatically into a safe position should these limits be exceeded. The design allows for an absolutely secure footing in any position.
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| This is the official South African Disabled Golf Association website. The key objectives of the South African Golf Association are to encourage and promote every South African with a permanent disability to play and enjoy golf. Playing golf is a viable form of rehabilitation and recreation for the disabled. It brings together able and disabled golfers to share their love for the game. By visiting this website, you are already supporting the SADGA organisation, better is to join or sponsor one of the many activities and events that SADGA hosts and organises on a regular basis. |
| “When learning how to walk, you have to stand up once more than you fall down. This applies for both a small child and an adult. It holds true for learning how to walk, but in a transferred sense, also for life itself. With a disability it is an even steeper challenge. I have experienced that myself. For every physically disabled person, the Paramobile is an important and valuable tool that gives you a bit more freedom.” – Anthony Netto |
| By becoming part of the USBGA you will help us spread the word about blind golf. The loss of all or just some sight should not prevent juniors from learning golf or accomplished senior golfers from giving up the game. The PGA tour says "Anything is Possible," and we are truly proof of it. |
| By the year 2000, the National Golf Foundation predicts that 30 million Americans will be playing golf. Of these golfers, many will physically challenged in some way. We believe that golfers who have disabilities should be given an opportunity to showcase his or her talents in a championship style event. The objective is to bring our own championship to any golfer with a physical, intellectual, and sensory disability. With this design, we will reach golfers who never had the opportunity to compete in a national event. Our rules & regulations are set to provide a fair and competitive competition for all golfers despite what level of disability you may have. Whether you are amputee, blind, cerebral palsy, wounded veterans, short stature, muscular dystrophy, and many others, this was made for you! |
| The National Alliance for Accessible Golf was formed in the summer of 2001 by leaders from the golf industry and representatives of organisations serving people with disabilities. The mission of the Alliance is to increase participation of people with disabilities in the game of golf. |
| An original group of 12 men was the nucleus of today?s national organization. Dale Bourisseau, a veteran of World War II in which he received his below knee amputation, looked up comrades with similar injuries and encouraged them to try golf as a means of recreation and to re-enforce pride. Eventually, the band of amputee golfers became regional, with friendly games developing into tournament play in various cities. |
| Golf Country has been fitting and teaching disabled youth and adults to play the game of golf for well over 30 years. Our staff of three full-time PGA-affiliated fitting professionals aided in developing this unique collection of adaptive golf clubs, designed to fit disabled golfers of all sizes, shapes and playing abilities. Even wheelchair-bound players will be able to hit the ball with more power, distance -- and most importantly -- confidence. |
| For 33 years Fairway Golf Cars, under the Ortho Kinetics name, has been the manufacturing and sales leader in the single rider and disabled person market. We are located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. U.S.A. |
| The patented single-rider golf car that goes everywhere the golfer goes-onto the tees, into the traps and even onto the greens. Solving access, mobility, and pace of play problems for golfers and golf courses since 1995. |
| The Paragolfer is a singular all-terrain special mobility device that lifts people from a sitting position to a standing position.The Paragolfer is a tribute to Otto Bock's wealth of practical expertise based on years of experience. The design for the Paragolfer was originally developed by golfers Anthony Netto and Christian Nachtwey. Otto Bock fine-tuned their original until it was ready for mass production. |
| SoloRider Industries, Inc. was founded in 1994 as American Golf Car Inc. by Roger Pretekin. During the early 1990's Roger became aware of the large numbers of persons with disabilities who desired access to attend pro tour events. and began to think of ways that persons with disabilities could not only watch golf, but also participate in golf. This awareness, and the associated desire to provide accessibility to persons who might not otherwise have that opportunity, led him to form American Golf Car. |
| UPRIGHT Golf has developed the most comprehensive line of easy-to-use golf playing aids in the industry. By eliminating all of golf's repetitive bending and stooping UPRIGHT Golf hopes avid golfers can also eliminate the severe pain, discomfort, and potentially injurious results from bending. |
| ZeroBend Golf is a company that cares about your golf. We aim to provide products both of a high level of design as well as production. Our range aims to use the specialist design and superior build quality of our products to take the strain from your game.
Our innovative designers have created a range of products that can help keep you playing longer. Bending down to tee-up, picking up balls and tees during a round of golf puts tremendous strain on the body that could inadvertently be effecting your score.
Our products stop this unnecessary bending. This prevents avoidable injuries, as well as aiding any existing ones that may be effecting both your golf and the enjoyment of the game we all love. Thus in turn, sustaining your ability to play for as long as possible. |
| Golf is a difficult game for anyone, but try playing it from a wheelchair with one arm and no feeling from your chest down. That's what Sydney man James Gribble has done since becoming a quadriplegic four years ago."I guess you make a decision very early on whether you're going to lie there and take what you've got, or if you're going to sit up and have a fight," he said.
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| "OK, so golf has a past riddled with discrimination and is still too expensive for many. But give it credit for changing, for broadening its appeal and for being one of the most unique and challenging games going. Think of it: A few hundred years ago Scots whacked rocks with sticks; today Tiger Woods makes millions playing essentially the same game. And now--thanks to the ADA, Casey Martin, and a handful of persistent adaptive golf pioneers--the game is poised to welcome the last minority to the clubhouse". |
| Paralympic gold medallist Monique Kalkman has confirmed her participation in the Disabled British Open from August 24 to 26. The 47-year-old, who has won Paralympic gold in wheelchair table tennis and tennis, has set her sights on golf, which she started playing in 2009 after being struck by cervical dystonia – a chronic neck problem. Kalkman was diagnosed with cancer at 14, resulting in the tennis starlet being paralysed from the waist down but it didn’t stop her from fulfilling her dream of becoming a world-class athlete. “I chose to talke up golf ahead of other sports because it has so many interesting sides.”
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