Blind D1 Athlete Gives PGA Tour Pro Chesson Hadley a Golf Lesson
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Jun 11, 2021; Ridgeland, South Carolina, USA; Chesson Hadley with his caddie on the 18th green during the second round of the Palmetto Championship at Congaree golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports
Chesson Hadley is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. The American golfer has one PGA Tour win and four Korn Ferry Tour wins in his career so far. His only tour win came way back in 2014 at Puerto Rico Open by two strokes. Since then, he has been chasing a trophy but sadly is falling short each time.
Recently he tried his hand at blind golf. Notably, Chesson was with a blind D1 athlete who plays golf regularly. Chesson took a lesson from him on how to swing blind. So let us have a look at it.
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Chesson Hadley gets a lesson on how to swing blind
Chesson Hadley caught up with Jake Olson, a Canadian football offensive lineman. Moreover, Jake had his dad, Brian, with him. He placed the ball and aligned the club for Jake while he smashed it off the tee. Notably, this impressed Chesson Hadley, who was watching him hit bombs even though he couldn’t see.
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“That was tingles and jingles there for me, Jake,” said Hadley. “I mean, it looks great. I mean, he has plenty of distance, and he hit several like, I mean, right down the middle. And I need a few of those this week to go out there and rip.”
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No quit in @JakeOlson61. ❤️️
The former @USC_Athletics long snapper lost his eyesight, but his love for the game carries on. @ChessonHadley caught up with Olson and learned first-hand how impressive it is to swing blind. pic.twitter.com/etIbGqb0fR
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 19, 2022
Furthermore, he tried his hand by blindfolding himself, and Jake gave advice to Hadley and said, “Don’t close your eyes. Pretend like you’re kind of seeing that ball there. That would be my one piece of advice.” Hadley struggled a lot initially to connect the ball, but after a while, when he started to connect, the ball went all over the place.
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Meanwhile, Chesson Hadley last competed at the Genesis Invitational the previous week. Sadly, he missed the cut and failed to make the weekend. But he is hopeful of making a better performance in future events and is eyeing his second PGA Tour win.
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