Zohar Sharon, a blind Israeli golfer, went out for a round of golf yesterday. No one, including himself, expected him to hit a hole-in-one. On the 160-meter, 15th hole at the Caesarea Golf Club in Isreal, he did just that.

He said he thought that he had over hit the shot, but was surprised when his caddy became ecstatic and told him the ball was in the cup.

“He went crazy. I did not understand what he was shouting about, I thought a snake had bitten him,” Mr. Sharon said of Mr. Levy, who accompanies him on his regular rounds of golf and lines him up for his shots.

“It feels like you have been blasted into space,” Mr. Sharon said today.

“A minute later you are off to the next hole but the happiness stays with you.”

Zohar Sharon is a 53 year-old Israeli paratrooper who was blinded during combat when chemicals were sprayed into his eyes. It wasn’t until after this experience that he decided to take up golfing.

I don’t know how a blind man can even hit the ball, let alone complete a round of golf. Apparently he manages to do this frequently.

I’m still waiting for my hole-in-one…

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