Blind golfer, 92, scores hole-in-one

[Scurrilous]

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"A hole-in-one is rare on the golf course, but what are the odds of a blind golfer sinking one?

Leo Fiyalko couldn't see it, but his golf buddies did: a hole-in-one on the fifth hole at the Cove Cay Country Club.

Fiyalko is 92 and has macular degeneration. He's been golfing for 60 years, but his 110-yard shot with a five iron on Jan. 10 was his first hole-in-one.

"I was just trying to put the ball on the green," Fiyalko said.

Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to 90-plus. He used to have a seven handicap, but now he needs help lining up his shots and finding his golf balls because he only has peripheral vision in his right eye.

Jean Gehring was playing in his foursome and watched Fiyalko's swing.

"I could tell it went on the green, when we got up there I didn't see it. I looked in the hole and there it was," Gehring said."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/402367.html

:thumbsup:

[northzax]

1. well there you go

good for him. more evidence that aces are simply fluky. Sure, skill gets it close, but that last bounce is just a matter of chance, it seems.