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Tim Healea, a golfer from Cameron Park, California, has overcome numerous physical challenges to continue playing the sport he loves. Healea developed Osgood-Schlatter disease as a teenager and later developed rheumatoid arthritis, which eventually led to the amputation of both his legs below the knee. Despite these setbacks, Healea has returned to the golf course and has become a top-ranked player among senior double-amputees. He is now working to spread awareness of adaptive golf and is organizing the Northern California Amputee and Adaptive Golf Classic. He hopes to inspire others facing similar challenges to continue pursuing their passions. [Extracted from the article]

TOUR SEASON/YOUR SEASON 2021 It's easy to forget now, but back in June the PGA Tour's season was on the brink. Tour caddies were spotted in local watering holes, and one young player hosted a house party for nearly two dozen revelers. The modern men's game has increasingly outgrown the antiquated playing fields, but many classic courses are the perfect length for LPGA events, allowing the women to showcase their precision and finesse. Also, the Houston Open, one of the Tour's oldest stops, showed you can have fans on hand without a Tour stop becoming a Covid-19 super-spreader event. [Extracted from the article]

There are now famous par-3 courses in every corner of the golf world, but for many years there was only one, and it added to the wonderment of Masters week. Every Wednesday of Masters week, Augusta National's Par 3 Course (it's so seminal, it gets the capital-letter treatment) takes center stage, hosting a mirthful tournament defined by cute caddies and artful wedge play. Six-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus is a dues-paying member of the club, and about his visits to ANGC outside of tournament week, he says, "Virtually never have I brought a group and we didn't play the Par 3 also. The first Masters-week Par 3 Contest was held in 1960, and Snead caught another big fish, winning the crystal trophy. [Extracted from the article]

AS PROFESSIONAL GOLF GROUND TO A HALT IN mid-March due to the coronavirus and many if not most courses in the U.S. were shuttered for recreational play, a nation turned its lonely eyes to the past, trying to predict an uncertain future. Still, those two months without the game felt like an eternity and it was hard not to wonder how on earth did golf, and golfers, survive the long, dark years of World War II? The commander in chief of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, the memorably named Husband E. Kimmel, was an ardent golfer, and he was getting dressed for his regular Sunday-morning game at the Fort Shafter golf course when the first bombs began raining down upon Pearl Harbor. "I don't suppose that any of the pro or amateur golfers who were combat soldiers, marines or sailors will soon be able to think of a three-putt green as one of the really bad troubles in life", Mangrum said. [Extracted from the article]

ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PLAYERS, in a distant corner of TPC Sawgrass, the ritual departure ofthe Tour trucks begins. "You can teach a club fitter to drive a truck but I don't think you can teach a truck driver to build golf clubs", Napier, 39, says of his unusual skill set. As the Callaway truck (nicknamed Bertha, inevitably) rolls on, a couple of tournament volunteers in a golf cart lock eyes with Napier and give a pumping motion with their hands. Like Napier, Simon Wood spends more time in the truck building clubs; a displaced Brit, Woody has become so Americanized he drives a Corvette and counts Coors Light as his favorite beer. [Extracted from the article]

Crenshaw's interest in golf was stoked by the arrival of a mysterious kid who one day joined Ben and his brother at the turn at Austin CC. There was an awkward silence and Ben blurts out, "Coore-Crenshaw". But in his early 40s, Crenshaw enjoyed a little renaissance, leading his pal Dave Marr to quip, "Ben, you're on your 21st comeback.". PHOTO (COLOR): a pensive Penick; Kite and Crenshaw in '72 at UT; Ben in '73, after his first Tour win. [Extracted from the article]

IN June 2004, the Pebble Beach aristocracy gathered at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club to celebrate the reopening of its Shore Course. The Shore Course (ranked 67th in GOLF's most recent Top 100 in the U.S.) is Strantz's "Water Lilies", the understated elegance of the work reflecting the supremely picturesque setting. "He was a big guy already, but his presence was huge", says Jeff Jones, a shaper on many of Strantz's courses and now a part of the reconstituted Maverick team. PHOTO (COLOR): Strantz (in white hat) and Forrest Fezler survey the fifth of Strantz's nine courses: Tot Hill Farm, in Asheboro, N.C. [Extracted from the article]

In planning perhaps the greatest golf trip of all time with my old friends Kevin Price, Tom June and Matt Ginella (the travel editor at Golf Channel), we knew we were pushing the limits of human endurance and common sense, to say nothing of our credit cards. Those evocative words have been on the lips of many golfers ever since its stunning debut at No. 29 on GOLF's 2018-19 World Top 100. Norman had collected his first professional win at the West Lakes Classic in Adelaide the week prior and was granted a spot in Nicklaus' marquee group at the Open at the Australian Golf Club in Sydney. Ian Baker-Finch is another major champion from Australia and, like Norman, was a disciple of Golf My Way. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on golf skills of basketball player Stephen Curry. Topics discussed include defeating Alan Shipnuck in an all-out skills match; views of Kris Stone, senior director of global sports marketing for basketball at Under Armour, on the seriousness of Curry about golf; and pledged to fund the Howard University men's and women's programs for their first six years, starting with 2020-2021 season.

Sabrina Iqbal, a former dominant player in the Junior Tour of Northern California, is on the verge of testing the theory that to succeed as a professional golfer, one needs to be either really smart or really not. Iqbal, who excelled academically and athletically throughout her education, took a gap year after completing her business degree with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and innovation. During this time, she gained perspective, traveled, worked on her golf game, and upgraded her short game. Now, she is pursuing a Master's degree in organizational leadership while playing for the University of Colorado golf team and plans to turn pro after earning her degree. [Extracted from the article]