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WAADGA PLAYER PROFILESHome of Amputee and Physically Disabled Golfers in Western Australia
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WAADGA PLAYER PROFILESHome of Amputee and Physically Disabled Golfers in Western Australia
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Pat Longhorn - A Remarkable Lady Trying to get any information from Pat as far as her golfing achievements as an Amputee Golfer is concerned is like trying to pull teeth. I finally wore her down. Here is only a small part of Pat's amazing live. Her achievements on the golf course came at time when the world did not take much note of Amputee Golf, but then Pat never played the game for personal accolades. It started off as something she wanted to achieve as an amputee. What Pat achieved in Women's Amputee Golf is truly remarkable. What makes these achievements even more remarkable is that Pat only started playing golf almost 20 years after losing her leg. Pat Longhorn is a three times British Open Ladies Champion (1999 - 2000 - 2002) , Swedish Open Winner (2004 ) and Danish Open winner (2004), Australian Open Champion in 2004 and she won the Queensland Amputee Open (2005 - 2007) She was persuaded to take up golf, by her secretary, while working in Buxton, Derbyshire, who informed her that the professional at the local golf club said that if Douglas Bader could play with no legs he could teach Pat to play. She started to play at the Cavendish Club in Buxton and on retiring she moved to the Yorkshire Dales and joined Bentham Golf Club. Pat walked the course in those days and it was very hilly, as most of the courses are in Northern England. In 1996 Pat was told about the British Amputee Golf Association by her prosthetist, and she played in the British Amputee Open at Staverton Park, where, although her scores were awful, she discovered the fun and friendship of amputee golf. One of Pat`s proudest golfing moments was playing in the Swedish Open and winning group B against all 18 plus handicappers, men and women. From 1999 Pat played in the league team for Bentham (similar to pennants), often playing for two teams Silver Division and Bronze Division. These matches were special to Pat as they proved being an amputee did not matter and that the only handicap that mattered was her golf handicap. In 2001 Pat was Lady Captain at Bentham and had a wonderful and memorable year. Pat first played in Australia in 2002 when she competed in the World Series at the Lakes Golf Club in Sydney. Pat has competed in several UK, European and South African Tournaments, and was selected to play in the English Team competing against Sweden in 2003 and 2005. England drew the first and won the second. |
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Pat's International Golfing Career since 1998 (more than 20 years after losing her leg) |
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1996 Played in British Open Amputee Championship 2004 1st Lady Australian Amputee Open
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2004 1st Lady Danish Disabled Open Championship |
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