| Last week when I was at the driving range I | | | | Netto is a fighter; he told himself, "One does not |
| noticed a number of young disable people working | | | | die from this disease." A course of magnet-field |
| on their games. I was very impressed by a | | | | therapy helped him, but he wanted to resume his |
| young lady who, despite the fact that she was | | | | life as a teaching professional and to that end he |
| sitting in a wheel chair, was able to drive the ball | | | | started to develop the special golf wheel chair, |
| straight for around 120 to 150 yards. It was a | | | | which has enabled him to play again. |
| real joy to watch her play. Every time she hit a | | | | The chair, powered by a tank battery, drives him |
| good shot her face lit up in a radiant smile of pure | | | | around the course just like any other buggy. |
| pleasure. | | | | However, when he arrives at his ball, the seat |
| Watching these young people having such a good | | | | swivels round so that he can face his ball. The |
| time got me thinking. | | | | seat then stands him up and supports him so that |
| A good friend of mine is a disabled golfer. He lost | | | | he can address his ball, just like a 'normal' golfer. |
| a leg in a land mine incident when he was serving | | | | The golf wheel chair works well because Anthony |
| in the army as a young man. Bob has never | | | | Netto is now the trainer of the German national |
| allowed his disability to stand in the way of making | | | | disabled golfers team and he has initiated project |
| himself into a very competitive golfer. In fact this | | | | KidSwing to teach young disabled golfers. He |
| year he has been elected captain of our golf club. | | | | works successfully with sick and disabled children |
| So last Saturday I cornered Bob and asked him | | | | in Cologne, Germany. His aim is: "to establish golf |
| to tell me more about disabled golf. Now Bob is a | | | | as a therapy and a rehabilitation scheme." |
| real enthusiast, so I got myself cornered for a | | | | As far as I can find out the golf wheel chair is |
| good half an hour, but it was worth it, because he | | | | currently just starting to go into production on a |
| told me about this amazing golf wheel chair for | | | | very small scale. It is therefore expensive, my |
| paraplegic disabled golfers. Take a closer look at | | | | informant wasn't certain, but he thought the price |
| the photo on my web site. | | | | was currently around EUR17,000.00 ($22,000.00 |
| This golf wheel chair is the brain child of Anthony | | | | approx.) I would expect this price to decrease |
| Netto a South African born golf professional and | | | | dramatically once mass-production starts. |
| trainer. Anthony suffered a neck fracture after a | | | | My informant also told me that the company |
| no-fault car accident, in 1995. This led to him being | | | | marketing the golf wheel chair is being run in such |
| wheelchair bound for months. After numerous | | | | a way as to limit their own profit percentage in |
| operations and a lot of time in hospital the | | | | order to make the golf wheel chair more widely |
| 37-year old was able to resume work as a | | | | available to disabled golfers. |
| teaching pro in 1997. However, in October 2000, | | | | There is more information about Anthony, some |
| he suffered a further setback when multiple | | | | pictures of his golf wheel chair and links to other |
| sclerosis struck him down. Since that time he has | | | | sites which talk about this wonderful machine on |
| been confined to a wheelchair. | | | | the Winning Seniors Golf web site. |