Fan with cerebral palsy undertakes ‘Longest Walk in Golf’
June 28th, 2008
From The New York Times:
D. J. Gregory has walked every hole of every PGA Tour event so far this year and plans to keep walking until Nov. 9, the final day of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic.
Gregory has cerebral palsy and walks with a cane, his upper body swaying to accommodate a stiff-legged gait. He proposed the idea of “The Longest Walk in Golf” to the PGA Tour to raise awareness and money for United Cerebral Palsy.
The planned walk will cover 44 tournaments, 3,168 holes, and some 880 miles of hills. When Gregory was a child, his parents were told that he would never walk. His PGA-sponsored blog is here.
“I never had the idea that I would do this to be an inspiration,” Gregory said. “It’s a personal challenge, and I love doing it because I love golf. The thing I would say to people is, go for your dream. Don’t listen if somebody tells you that you can’t do it.”
(New York Times photo)
See also:
Man crosses Michigan on stilts (Detroit Free Press)
Gaining life skills, one putt at a time (Baltimore Sun)
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