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BBC interviews Israeli blind golfer

I’ve reported on Israel’s world champion blind golfer Zohar Sharon previously several times (click here).  But I was very surprised to hear him being interviewed on the BBC World Service’s Outlook program. Listen after 26 minutes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04r7hgp#play

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Blind golfer is world champion again

I wrote previously (twice) about Israel’s Zohar Sharon – one of the best known blind golfers in the world. He recently won his sixth (bi-annual) International Blind Golf Association tournament. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/this-blind-israeli-golfer-is-a-world-champ/2017/01/15/098e3431-ff4e-4cb9-a08d-457f8f195b65_story.html?utm_term=.65d42c510677

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More on Israel’s blind world champion golfer

Zohar Sharon, 61, has now won the World Blind Golf Championship for the fourth time in a row (his previous victories were in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Zohar tells of the reason he went blind at age 24 and how … Continue reading

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Blind Israeli golfer wins world tournament – again

Israel’s Zohar Sharon won the ISPS HANDA World Blind Golf Championship title for a fifth consecutive time, in Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. Sharon lost his sight during his IDF service and caddie Shimshon Levi tells him exactly what … Continue reading

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Special winners

I reported previously (see here) about Israel’s blind golfer Zohar Sharon. Six-time world champion Zohar has just won the ISPS Handa 2018 US Blind Golf Open in Green Valley, Arizona. Meanwhile shooting Paralympian Yulia Chernoy won bronze at the 2018 … Continue reading

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