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"Golf is my life" By A One-Armed Golfer Who Sends His Thoughts to His Home Country, Ukraine.

Alex Fourie, a one-armed PGA player, is raising funds to support youngsters in the Ukrainian orphanage where he grew up. Alex Fourie, a one-armed PGA player, swinging golf club.

Fourie was invited to participate in the 27th Japan Open for the Disabled held this fall. He is a one-armed golfer with no right arm. The Ukrainian-born Chernobyl orphan has to words in his life: "golf" and "challenge".

In October 2022, a one-armed golfer was on the practice green of Shin-Kimitsu Bell Green CC, where autumn was deepening. The sun is setting and the temperature is dropping, and I am silently practicing putting. After the first day of the Japan Open for the Disabled, I wondered if I was not satisfied wiith the play that day, or if it was a daily routine.

One Arm, Zero Handicap – Mastering Golf Against All Odds

Alex Fourie was born with one arm, smokes it 260 off the tee and is a scratch golfer. Alex tells us about growing up in an orphanage 70 miles outside of Chernobyl, overcoming adversity and reveals his mental approach that helped him become a teaching pro and a scratch player against all odds. Alex’s story is an inspiration and can serve as a blueprint for us on and off the course.

Ukraine Native Fourie Takes Unlikely Path to Adaptive Open

Alex Fourie, a 29-year-old who spent his first seven years in Ukraine orphanages, was born without a right arm. (Robert Beck/USGA)

Each of the 96 players in this inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open has traveled an incredible journey, with many obstacles overcome to reach this championship on Course No. 6 at the Pinehurst Resort. Among the most amazing is that of Alex Fourie, whose path to becoming an accomplished golfer began in an orphanage in Ukraine.