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In this episode we catch up with Alessandra Donati, whose love of golf has helped her deal much better with her condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a progressive neuropathy disease. Every year life can become more challenging but at this time her passion for golf only increases, the sport helping her physically and mentally.
Rather than her own game, Alessandra, or Ale (pronounced “Aleee”) is keen instead to talk about helping more people with a disability to try golf; to enjoy the nature, the friendship and the great feeling that golf can offer us all. For these reasons, she has in recent times volunteered as an ‘EDGA Advocate’, promoting the game to new players in Ale’s international region, a role which has inspired her.
More good news: after working hard for a bank for 30 years, reaching the position of senior credit analyst, Ale retired last September. At last she can enjoy some great time off, relaxing, practising and playing more golf, including some travel adventures also.
Alessandra wrote to us recently: “The doctors diagnosed me with a rare disease, for which there is no cure. But I know they were wrong: I found the cure and it's called Golf.”
Enjoy listening to Ale's story now.
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In this episode we catch up with Alessandra Donati, whose love of golf has helped her deal much better with her condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a progressive neuropathy disease. Every year life can become more challenging but at this time her passion for golf only increases, the sport helping her physically and mentally.
Rather than her own game, Alessandra, or Ale (pronounced “Aleee”) is keen instead to talk about helping more people with a disability to try golf; to enjoy the nature, the friendship and the great feeling that golf can offer us all. For these reasons, she has in recent times volunteered as an ‘EDGA Advocate’, promoting the game to new players in Ale’s international region, a role which has inspired her.
More good news: after working hard for a bank for 30 years, reaching the position of senior credit analyst, Ale retired last September. At last she can enjoy some great time off, relaxing, practising and playing more golf, including some travel adventures also.
Alessandra wrote to us recently: “The doctors diagnosed me with a rare disease, for which there is no cure. But I know they were wrong: I found the cure and it's called Golf.”
Enjoy listening to Ale's story now.
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During a golf session for youngsters at Kenya Railway Golf Club you can hear the shouts of joy as children with a disability play on a golf course for the first time. “Watching the kids sharing something special as they play golf together, it makes everything worthwhile,” says Ann Wangui Irura. Anita, as friends call her, is an administration assistant at a school for children with special needs in Nairobi called Kenya Community Centre for Learning (KCCL). Eight years ago when trying different sports to engage with the students, she tried golf and realised the game could help them to focus on a task and see personal improvement. Something clicked. Today, Anita is the founder of the community venture Golden Tee Inclusive Golf, bringing the game to disadvantaged youngsters with a disability, changing lives through the power of golf. Enjoy Anita’s story with EDGA here.…
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Stacey Johnston-Gleason lives practically on the first tee box of the Mission Mountain Golf Course, a flat sweep of green nestled against the rugged peaks of western Montana. To some, living on ‘Hole One’ might sound like a flippant remark, but to Stacey, it’s something more—a way of being, a kind of metaphor for how she’s tackled life: one shot, one challenge at a time. Her connection to the Special Olympics runs deep. Born with fetal alcohol syndrome and adopted later in life, she found her family through the community that had already given her so much. Golf is not just a game to Stacey. It’s a lifeline, a thread of connection, not only to the fairways and greens but to something bigger. Discover Stacey’s story with EDGA today.…
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“When I was a little boy the doctors told my family that I wouldn’t be able to walk, run, bike or swim, and would spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.” Fast forward 20 years and Guy Harrison, 23, from New Zealand, was preparing to play on the G4D Tour in Spain; playing with some confidence after working hard on his game and competing to a high standard – off his 8.3 golf handicap – propelling himself up the Net World Ranking for Golfers with Disability. Guy, who has cerebral palsy, says today: “Golf is my true love – getting out on the course with mates, seeing new places. It was a massive benefit to start golf at a young age so I can enjoy progress in the game. “With the support of my parents we proved the doctors wrong and kept me out of the wheelchair using golf a lot to help me. I started my golf at five years-old going out a couple of times a week with my Dad to a local nine-hole public golf course and it just went from there.” Follow Guy’s story in golf today with EDGA.…
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Riccardo Bianciardi is a strong advertisement for all the good in Italian golf as he says hello to us in his smart azure blue Italian shirt bearing his national badge, and greeting us with a wide smile. For some time now, golf has been a salvation for him, helping him engage with life following the neurological condition he was born with but also as a balm for recent struggles. In October 2018, Riccardo had a kidney transplant that wasn’t successful. He therefore had to start kidney dialysis, and looking for distraction after five months in recovery he took part in his first EDGA event, the Italian Open which, remarkably, he won! Fate would play its hand again in 2022. Riccardo had a second kidney transplant, which this time went well, and nine months later he won the EDGA Giovanni Nasi International, also in Italy. To be able to get himself well and record such a feat is surely amazing and a mark of the man. This is an interesting story from one of the most generous golfers out there. Enjoy Riccardo’s story here with EDGA.…
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Natasha Stasiuk finds her inner calm through golf. This friendly 26-year-old from Oakville, Ontario, clearly loves the game. When considering her own improving performances, winning tournaments and helping to fly the flag for Canada, she will agree this is partly due to a lot of hard work and support, but success for her also means the joy she feels in playing on a golf course, looking for the perfect swing; all an antidote to the anxieties of life. Living with Autism for Natasha includes also managing an auditory processing condition. She tells us: “Playing golf is where I feel free and don’t feel judged. It’s my happy place. It’s where I feel most confident in life.” At 26, Natasha is becoming more used to the pressure of the first tee, more experienced in gathering her strength for the challenge ahead, while not forgetting the challenges of the past. Discover Natasha’s story with EDGA today.…
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Imagine playing some great golf aged 87, having given up the game once aged 75 because you had gone blind. From losing his sight in his seventies to enjoying golf again with the help of his guide, the story of Danny Daniels is remarkable. At first his age-related sight loss threatened to beat Danny, but his wife of nearly 60 years, Diana, wouldn’t let him give up and turn his back on the game he loved. Instead, Diana volunteered to become Danny’s guide out on the golf course (learning about the game gradually). Today Danny and Diana are a perfect example of how both a player with a visual impairment and a supportive guide can flourish together. Read or listen to their story with EDGA today.…
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René Schwenk, a native of Pforzheim in South West Germany, embodies the spirit of perseverance and dedication that defines a true athlete. René shares, “Why do I love golf? Because it’s a sport in which you’re never going to be perfect, so you always have to work on yourself. Sometimes it’s really challenging, but it brings you a lot of joy, working on yourself and reaching small goals.” Despite the physical and mental tests René has faced as a young man, his resilience helped him adjust to playing the game again and today he is playing some of his best golf. “It’s so important to have goals, you know, and to set yourself goals and to work towards them,” says René. “That’s what this kind of G4D gave me back.” Enjoy René’s story here with EDGA.…
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“They pulled me out of darkness and made me walk to the light of the world. They always encouraged my challenge,” said Simon Seungmin Lee, from the Republic of Korea. The then 25-year-old spoke these words in 2022 when thanking his parents after his victory in the inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open (a tournament he has subsequently nearly won on two further occasions, including July, 2024). Many of us can only imagine what it is like to work so hard in order to compete in high level golf, let alone hole the putts that win the trophy. And the first people Simon thanked were his parents. To win, Simon, who is autistic, had to conquer the pressure of the big tournament which took place on the hallowed Pinehurst Resort Course No. 6. This is a remarkable young golfer, with a remarkable story we can share with you now on our latest EDGA Podcast.…
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Casper Holst-Christensen, hailing from Denmark, attributes his deep-rooted passion for golf to his father, Jon. “My love of golf stems from my Dad,” Casper reflects fondly. “I think he actually bought me and my brother clubs back when we were four or five years old.” Living with ASD, or to give its full name, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Casper experiences the world uniquely. “For me, I’m very impaired in my hearing, so I don’t really have any sense of filter. I hear every single thing going on around me all the time.” Casper has trained himself over the years to maintain balance in golf and life. “That’s why I love golf nowadays. It’s the constant mental battle on the course every time I play. It doesn’t matter if I play Sunday rounds with my Dad or in big tournaments, it’s the same feeling, it’s the same battle.” Enjoy Casper’s story with EDGA here.…
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In professional tour golf at the very highest level, Ken Green has played with the very finest, and beaten them. He will tell you why the “extreme highs and lows” of golf are both equally necessary to feed the soul, and that his love of the game has helped many times in shoring him up through many troubled days and family tragedy. During the 1980s, this five-time US PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cup player competed against the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros. In 2024, Ken plays as a right lower-leg amputee, but he often does so while enduring intense pain due to a chronic nerve injury condition. However, he peppers any interview with references to the joy and love for the game he has today. A 65-year-old who still competes to shine a light for others on the unique benefits of golf, his sport makes him want to get up in the morning and play again. Enjoy the latest EDGA Podcast here.…
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Ireland’s David Quinn always said he would walk again after the car accident in the Wicklow mountains which so nearly killed him. The significant injuries to his back and right leg left the 21-year-old paralysed for some time; he would take eight months of rehabilitation before he could leave the wheelchair and walk out of the hospital on crutches, but he made it. His reward now is he can smell the cut grass on a beautiful golf course every day. David loves golf and regularly plays EDGA tournaments. Fortunately, his hell-for-leather days as a champion motorcyclist gave him an appreciation of engines that would lead to his dream job working at the fine golf course at Powerscourt GC. Enjoy David’s remarkable story here.…
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In this edition of the EDGA Podcast we feature Michelle Lau, an English golfer who this January made her debut on the G4D Tour, the pinnacle of golf for the disabled (G4D), in the United Arab Emirates. This was a remarkable achievement for someone who only in May last year, when preparing for her first competitive G4D event, was fearing she would not ‘fit in’ with her non-visible disability. Thankfully Michelle, who has Autism and ADHD, stuck to her task and received a warm welcome from her fellow players. As a golfer, she is now shining a light on just what is possible for others with related conditions. A great role model, a unique story, and a pretty decent golf swing. Enjoy Michelle’s story here.…
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In this edition of the EDGA Podcast we write about Italian golfer Luisa Ceola. We featured Luisa a few years back when she was making her way in golf for the disabled after serious health struggles. But we had to chat to Luisa again, as added to her lasting love of the game, a focused competitive streak led to her winning the Italian Open in 2023 and then qualifying for the first ever ‘Net’ tournament presented by the international G4D Tour, held in the United Arab Emirates recently. A deserved honour, and a great achievement for the player from Padova, near Venice. Luisa says: “I can't think of my life without golf. It is for this reason that I am very happy to talk about how good golf is for me because I hope that more people will become players and have these fantastic opportunities.” Enjoy Luisa’s story with EDGA now.…
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Ryanne Jackson lives in St Petersburg in Florida and loves golf. The 26-year-old is a current US national golf champion. Right from insisting to her family as a six-year-old that she was a left-handed player (even though she was right-handed in everything else), Ryanne has backed her own judgement. This trust in herself helps Ryanne in dealing with her condition, muscular dystrophy. Although she can’t play as often as she would like to because she needs good rest, Ryanne practises and plays ‘smart’ (ie, thoughtfully), and has found a healthy mindset for playing her best golf. In school her condition went undetected and classmates accused her of being lazy on the basketball court. With the help of her family, Ryanne would prove many people wrong, gain a golf scholarship to university and qualify for the most prestigious G4D (golf for the disabled) tournaments. Follow Ryanne’s remarkable story here.…
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Lachlan Wood does not do things by halves, good or bad: “I can be a little bit obsessive,” says the 32 year-old Australian. He could be accused of that in a negative way when he threw away all the hard hours of becoming a fine golfer in his early twenties, at a point where he hated the game. To be fair Lachlan, or Lachie to his mates, faced mitigating circumstances in battling a traumatic injury and its aftermath caused by a car crash. But obsessive behaviour can also help some people to survive. Ten years on from quitting golf Lachlan had practised, played and practised hard again, and there he was in December 2023 winning a major international tournament – the Australian All Abilities Championship; and on that day he would have gladly carried on playing and playing, hole after hole. Even after earning the victory he didn’t want it to end, such was the joy he was feeling through golf again. Lachlan’s comeback is incredible because it has been so hard fought, and you can experience his story here.…
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