{"id":20047,"date":"2024-06-25T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T08:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/?page_id=20047"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T08:24:52","slug":"tl-sc-ken-green","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/tl-sc-ken-green\/","title":{"rendered":"156 &#8211; Ken Green\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<div>\r\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20047-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/audio\/tl-sc-ken-green.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/audio\/tl-sc-ken-green.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/audio\/tl-sc-ken-green.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_20034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20034\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20034 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15328.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Green tees off in the G4D Tour BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, September 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Former US PGA Tour player Ken Green will tell you that the \u201cextreme highs and lows\u201d of golf are both required, together, to feed the soul. You can\u2019t have one without the other. It\u2019s the good and the bad. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">When he first eyes you up it doesn\u2019t immediately appear that he is going to use the words \u201cjoy\u201d and \u201clove\u201d a lot. But he does. This man\u2019s quest to continually find joy in the sport \u2013 despite the challenges he has faced \u2013 is a learning that many other seasoned golfers could follow, if they are listening.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Listen to Ken talk about golf for a while, and a more important door opens.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken plays as a right lower-leg amputee, but he often does so while enduring intense pain due to a chronic nerve injury condition. A 65-year-old who still competes, in part, to shine a light for others on the unique benefits of the game he loves, the game that makes him want to get up in the morning and play again. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">This unusual game in which, though we might not be able to hit it nearly as well as Ken Green \u2013 a player who used to compete regularly against the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Seve Ballesteros \u2013 but after speaking with Ken, we certainly want to try. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20033 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15296.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI&#8217;m not playing golf as a professional anymore,\u201d explains Green, originally from Connecticut but who now lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. \u201cI play it for different reasons: my own love of the game and my hope to help others. So I have that pure love and joy of golf. The ultimate is when the bad shots don&#8217;t bother you but you still love the game. You go to bed and you can&#8217;t wait for tomorrow because you want to play golf again.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">On a now rare visit to the UK last September, the news of Ken Green playing in a \u2018G4D\u2019 event (golf for the disabled) in England was always going to be more than a headline.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_20031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20031\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20031 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15290.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green marches into the contest at Wentworth with Canada&#8217;s Kurtis Barkley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The G4D Tour BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth was one of nine major international events in the 2023 schedule (staged by the DP World Tour and supported by EDGA) which attracts the leading players with disability in the World Ranking. When Ken was asked if he could make the trip, he was immediately enthused.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Though lacking a little in regular practice, he was still very much competitive as the elder statesman among the players, knocking it around the West Course, one of the most challenging on the DP World Tour international schedule, in 77 and 80, finishing in a tie for seventh.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">He said afterwards that he really enjoyed the experience, happily taking part in interviews with the media, including the team from the DP World Tour; imparting his desire to encourage others to join in with this game and love it like he does. In return, Ken learned about EDGA\u2019s \u2018player pathway\u2019. EDGA, supporting the G4D Tour as the acknowledged experts in all things G4D, ensures that people with a disability have more opportunity to sample, participate and compete in golf.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI believe that&#8217;s my job now. I had my day in golf. Now it&#8217;s not about Ken Green anymore. It&#8217;s about life, which is far more important and you learn far more through the big picture. When I look back since the accident and all the things that have happened, and how I&#8217;ve grown, a lot of it&#8217;s through the game of golf. I went from being one of the best golfers to being a brand new golfer. I learned that it&#8217;s okay to try to get better as a golfer, but it&#8217;s far more important for me to try and help other people who might be a little stuck.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20037 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15334.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnd every person you help multiplies because if it&#8217;s a young boy of 13, he goes on to have family and they have a family. So you&#8217;re not just helping one at a time, you&#8217;re helping hundreds and hundreds. You may be helping a person who some day cures cancer, you just never know, so that&#8217;s why you should be happy every time you help one person.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">In the 1980s professional golf was full of great names, superb players. Ken, who played 508 US PGA tournaments, did things his own way. Establishment figures were wary of his temperament that could sometimes appear spiky, which Ken would say was self-expression and being honest, while his talent, hard work and record speaks for itself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The name \u2018Green\u2019 (he also nearly always wore an item of green clothing as his trademark) was also seen on a great many leaderboards in the mid to late eighties, Ken winning amongst others the Buick Open (1985) and the Canadian Open (1988), and a total of five US PGA Tour titles. 1988 was a landmark year and Green\u2019s effort to win the Westchester Classic in front of home crowds near to where he was raised resulted in him being part of a famed four-way play-off with Greg Norman, David Frost and Seve Ballesteros. The Spaniard\u2019s short-game grabbed the title but during the fight Green showed how much he cared about the game and its fans. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The veteran\u2019s presence at Wentworth thus commanded respect from the younger G4D Tour players for varied reasons: the dynamic rhythm he still finds in his swing circa 2024 remains impressive to any onlooker; his amazingly positive attitude in playing while clearly in pain with his condition, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS); and thirdly, well, the reference books have Ken on a par with the likes of the aforementioned Watson and \u2018Seve\u2019, and Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer in tournaments during the 1980s, and then playing with, or against, all these great names in the legendary 1989 Ryder Cup match at The Belfry, England (Green earned two points out of four for America, where Europe retained the cup in a thrilling 14-14 tie).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20041 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18728.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">It was two decades later, in 2009, that Ken\u2019s life changed in tragic circumstances. Green was a passenger in an \u2018RV\u2019 motor-home accident. While travelling home to North Carolina from Texas, the vehicle had a tyre blow-out and hurtled down an embankment; Ken was the only survivor of the crash that resulted in the loss of his wife, his brother and his dog.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Golf had already helped Ken to get through a very troubled childhood in Honduras in which he suffered sexual abuse. Golf would be an escape then, and it became his identity: \u201cprofessional golfer\u201d. He is quoted as saying: \u201cIf I hadn&#8217;t fallen in love with golf, I don&#8217;t think I would be even standing here, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken, who found faith in God, added: \u201cI think I would have done what happens to a lot of kids that get abused like this and drink alcohol, take drugs and all that. So golf had already saved me, and it was about to save me again because obviously I knew that I couldn&#8217;t ever play professional golf. I was okay with that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">A year after the accident, Ken\u2019s son Hunter died of an overdose.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken Green\u2019s later autobiography, entitled Hunter of Hope: A Life Lived Inside, Outside and On the Ropes, would record these sad events. On the front of this book, there is a quote from former Ryder Cup US team captain Paul Azinger that reads, \u201cOne of the most courageous men in the world\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20036 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15331.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Regarding his own outlook, the accident had left Ken facing significant injury challenges, including that he had little option but to have surgery to have his lower right leg amputated. At that time he will tell you that his leg injury didn\u2019t really matter in the scheme of things. But as time moved on, golf \u2013 the game, its processes and its people \u2013 did start to matter to him again.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor me it was like, all right, I can either sit and cry and moan, why me? Or I can say, Wow, I get to play golf all over again. I get to learn it again, find out what I can and can&#8217;t do. I know that sounds weird, but you have a brand new world that\u2019s coming your way. Sure, some of it sucks, but you can overcome that and that&#8217;s a \u2018W\u2019 [a \u2018win\u2019], and you won&#8217;t have many opportunities to have a second life.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken may have embraced the challenge but he found that finding his swing again was no easy task.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt was definitely a learning curve. I still played pretty good golf even though I had turned 50 [before the accident]. And all of a sudden you&#8217;re hitting shots that are like, oh boy! You&#8217;re topping shots and you&#8217;re learning lies, angles, hills, and literally hitting shots that you would never have hit in your entire life! You sit there and just laugh at it, but that makes you think, \u2018I&#8217;ll figure it out, I&#8217;ll get it\u2019, and eventually it&#8217;s pretty good.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_20030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20030\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20030 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15058.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The same game-face as in his professional tour days of the 1980s, Ken still loves to compete. Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI had to understand there are certain shots I\u2019d never be able to hit again. The leg will not allow me. I need that foot to hit that shot and I know it, but I think I&#8217;m going to pull it off anyway. And so that took a while to get through and I&#8217;m still fighting it. But chipping was brand new, bunker play was new. You don&#8217;t even realise you used your leg that much, it was far more important than I ever dreamed. But you just keep at it. You go out there and you keep grinding and you&#8217;ll get better. It doesn&#8217;t matter how good you are or how bad you are, if you work at it, you will get better.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">More recently Green was diagnosed with a so far incurable condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), believed to be caused by his amputation, in which in simple terms the pain from a physical trauma outlasts the expected recovery time. Ken\u2019s drive to raise awareness for this condition added to his motivation to play on the G4D Tour at Wentworth and in other G4D events, like the recent USDGA event supported by the PGA of America in April (2024).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20039 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15340.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a brutal disease. I mean the pain you go through at times is mind-boggling. You&#8217;re curled up into a little baby foetus position and you&#8217;re waiting it out. There&#8217;s nothing strong enough to stop this pain. And you have to just wait it out and then you feel okay. It&#8217;s called the suicide disease. I understand because I&#8217;ve been really close. I don&#8217;t care who you are, everyone&#8217;s got a line.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Thankfully, Ken says he is no longer near that line, being careful to ensure he manages the pain properly, which can be set off by different triggers. It\u2019s a learning game still. Life is a huge challenge, he knows, but now playing golf is offering an altogether friendlier challenge, one far removed from the pressure of earning a living by your score and chasing trophies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken says now: \u201cGolf stays in your head. It&#8217;s more than a game. And that&#8217;s part of the challenge of the game and the fun of the game. That&#8217;s why golf is so good for people who have been thrown a curve-ball in life, it makes for a brand new world. Age doesn\u2019t matter, you\u2019ve got a brand new world to go and attack. That&#8217;s great.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_20032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20032\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20032 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15291.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken chats with Italian player Tommaso Perrino on the Wentworth fairways<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[As a G4D player] we have so many more variables and so many more highs and lows, and you appreciate those highs when you pull off &#8216;that shot\u2019. The other day I hit a shot that the two-legged version of me couldn&#8217;t hit. And it was like, Wow, that was everything. That was just\u2026 that&#8217;s what you live for.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Ken continues: \u201cAnd that&#8217;s where you get that extreme desire. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re missing a leg, or an arm or an eye. Golf will get into your head and once it&#8217;s there, you&#8217;ve hit the home run, but you&#8217;re also going to suffer for the rest of your life because that&#8217;s what this game does. What better way to go through life than when you have those highs and lows?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20043 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18732.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Competing in G4D events for Ken, or simply playing with golfers who have an impairment, brings pleasure not just from the act of playing but from the people he is meeting on the tee or the club terrace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe other great thing about golf and the disabled is that it\u2019s like you become a big family. You become close. People with a disability, they care more about others. I know that sounds awful, but it&#8217;s just a fact. They have learned from the disaster of life and they&#8217;re going forward, and that&#8217;s the one thing I really appreciate, how much everyone really cares about each other.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20042 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18731-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI come from that other school so for me, it really surprised me, and one of the first things I noticed is that they genuinely are rooting for each other and they&#8217;re proud of them when they pull off a shot. And I&#8217;ve been fortunate to play with a couple of seated players, and when they pull off certain shots, it&#8217;s like, \u2018Wow, that&#8217;s incredible\u2019. It gives you chills just thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">For his own golf, Ken peppers this interview with the phrase \u201chighs and lows\u201d. The professional game was a tough grind at times but the thrill the game can provide clearly still resonates and remains so important.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is. It does. I love golf now as much as I ever did.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">As well as continuing to play Ken is pleased to be able to encourage others to try the game.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20040 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/15345.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe get personal satisfaction if we play well. But the better part of it is doing interviews like this because of who I used to be. I&#8217;m going to get noticed for what I do now. So therefore it is my job to try to get it out there because I&#8217;m more apt to be interviewed and the story is more likely to be told because of the fact that I used to be a Tour player, Ryder Cup player and all that kind of stuff. And now I&#8217;m a disabled player, so it&#8217;s like a Wow to a Wow! And depending on how many people read all these articles\u2026 if it helps one or two people, it&#8217;s an absolute home run.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">As well as the words \u201chome run\u201d, \u201clove\u201d and \u201cjoy\u201d are also much used by Ken, and clearly felt. Ken Green also says \u201cWow\u201d a lot and he means it, constantly excited by some facet of the game which has sustained him all these years. Surely Ken\u2019s efforts to help others also deserve a Wow! And, Like a \u2018gimme\u2019 putt on the course, this word coming from a man who could easily have become so cynical about life, is appreciated every time it is offered.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edgagolf.com\/online\/www\/\">Contact EDGA<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_20028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20028\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20028 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/14962.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Green with fellow G4D players at Wentworth, from left: Rasmus Lia of Sweden, Kurtis Barkley of Canada, Conor Stone of Ireland, Kipp Popert of England, Chris Biggins of the United States, and Ken himself. Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">NB: When using any EDGA media, please comply with our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/edga-media-copyright-conditions\/\">copyright conditions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US PGA Tour player Ken Green will tell you that the \u201cextreme highs and lows\u201d of golf are both required, together, to feed the soul. You can\u2019t have one without the other. 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