Legally blind golfer scores hole-in-one at Florida's Cove Cay CC

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92 years old and legally blind, Leo Fiyalko sinks an ace. "I was just trying to put the ball on the green," he says. Kudos. [link]

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Blind, 92-year-old golfer scores hole in one - why can't you?
Published 2/1/2008 by William K. Wolfrum at William K. Wolfrum
So you’ve been playing golf for a while and have never come close to scoring a hole in one? Well, don’t give up hope. It took Leo Fiyalko 60 years to get his first - and he did it while legally blind. At the age of 92. “Legally blind golfer scores hole-in-one at Florida’s Cove Cay CC” CLEARWATER, Fla. – 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 ...

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Published 2/1/2008 by Torsten the Great at 120 Proof Ball
... Moving on, how bad does your life suck when a 92-year-old blind dude is a better golfer than you? Seriously, there are plenty of things a 92-year-old blind dude could own me at. For example, a fill-your-colostomy bag race, canasta, and number of friends named Vern. But golf? While staring at an empty glass this morning, trying to think of reasons other than porn and ranch-flavored Doritos to keep on trucking, I stumbled onto the story of good old Leo Fiyalko. Thanks, Leo. I needed to feel worse about life. ...

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