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Disabled British Open 2010

Updated: 9/23/2010 5:01:19 AM

Congratulations to Mark Smith of Littlestone Golf Course - winner of the Disabled British Open 2010 at East Sussex National Golf Resort & Spa.

Mark won the tournament with a score of +15 over the two rounds.

In the Category competitions, the results were as follows:

Category 1

Winner - William West, Derbyshire, England
Runner-up - Christo de Jager, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Category 2

Winner - Gareth Williams, Gwent, Wales
Runner-up - Javier Rubio Alacantara, Lleida, Spain

Category 3

Winner - Paul Cunningham, London, England
Runner-up - Jan Dinsdale, County Down, Northern Ireland

The Disabled British Open is the first truly pan-disablity amateur golf tournament, offering golfers with a wide range of disabilities the opportunity to compete against each other according to their golf handicaps. The tournament also offers the more elite golfers the opportunity to compete in a "gross" strokeplay tournament to become the Disabled British Open Champion of the year.

The Disabled British Open is supported by the Accentuate programme, which aims to use the inspiration provided by the International Paralympic Movement and the unique heritage of the south-east as the birthplace of disability sport to change the lives of disabled people.

For a slide show, please visit the following web site:

http://www.life.com/image/104297996/in-gallery/48881/golf-disabled-british-open

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Comments (9)
	ShaunCrawford 12/9/2010 4:14:24 AM Very nice!!
	itbeZ 9/23/2010 5:47:42 PM Nice .....
	PISC 9/23/2010 10:41:25 AM This is an awesome thing!
	gsollars 9/23/2010 9:07:26 AM On the European Tour the leader at the Vivendi Cup just finshed shooting a nine under 63 (-9). Then I watched another guy finish his round at -3. Doesn't sound particularly impressive until I tell you that he only had one leg! That's right, he shot a 69 and he only has one leg. On a professional tour! No prosthetic leg at all, just an empty pant leg cut like shorts. Inspirational!
	PeteG512 9/23/2010 8:39:58 AM Man that is great to give everyone a chance to play this great game
	txgal72 9/23/2010 8:36:58 AM Great idea - glad they are giving all people an opportunity to compete at this game
	cogolfer1 9/23/2010 7:06:03 AM Good to see these types of things. I really think that golf should be paralympic sport at the 2016 games when golf comes along in the Olympics.
	Racer888 9/23/2010 7:02:32 AM Pretty cool-- the only limitations are the ones we place on ourselves!!

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