{"id":208,"date":"2017-10-08T19:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2023-08-08T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:51:43","slug":"pierre-dumas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edgagolf.com\/profiles\/pierre-dumas\/","title":{"rendered":"004 – Pierre Dumas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Who is Pierre Dumas?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Pierre Dumas. I live close to Paris in Etiolles. That’s where I play golf, my golf course. My index is a 17.8. I don’t know how to say this in English, but basically I have got a short arm and an atrophied hand.<\/p>\n

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How did you start to play golf?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a friend who told me “come with me. I’m going to go for a holiday and we’re going to spend the week with a half day with golf and a half day at the swimming pool with the girls” so I said “wow, sounds good. At least for the afternoons.” Actually it went pretty good with both things. I learned to play golf and I met my wife.<\/p>\n

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What does golf mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, golf is a lot actually. It’s the school of life and I am even writing a book about it, a book where you can learn the three lessons of golf, which are pleasure, reality and presence.<\/p>\n

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When will we be able to get this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know, everyone has a book in progress. No one ever finishes it, so I can’t promise anything, but it’s one of the objectives of my life, with playing golf. Well I hope I can get one of the early copies. You will. If there is ever one.<\/p>\n

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What’s been your best moment in golf so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, the first time I played under ten handicap.<\/p>\n

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Do you have any specific challenges when you play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, actually yes. I recently changed my stance. I’m playing with a baseball stance now and it has just dramatically changed the way I play golf. Over the last two weeks I have really tried so it’s making a good difference, but I’m not yet used to it.<\/p>\n

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So what improvements have you noticed because of that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s just that my whole swing is much more natural, very soft and more powerful, but it doesn’t look more powerful. It looks just smooth. I watched you hit some shots yesterday and I was very impressed. I was playing with the baseball stance and that’s very new. I tried it a little bit last year, but I forgot it and then I restarted doing it two weeks ago and it was just magical.<\/p>\n

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This is your second EDGA tournament, are you ready?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I once qualified for the French team to play in the Netherlands it was fantastic for emotions, being on the French team, but totally catastrophic for my score.<\/p>\n

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Most of the golf that you play, you play with non-impaired players. Do they give you any special treatment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes they do. They give me more cheerings. I just play like them, but I get much more bravos. That’s the treatment that I get.<\/p>\n

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Is there any advice that you would give to somebody who has a similar impairment to yourself who would like to start to play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I’d give them the same advice I would give to someone that doesn’t play golf already. I would say it’s a great sport and very challenging. It’s a sport, not just a game and it’s the only sport that you’re going to play until you die so it’s a great thing because it’s going to keep you in shape and you’re going to enjoy it until you can’t play anymore.<\/p>\n

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Do you use any special kind of golf equipment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, actually my golf set is the first set that I got, which was a present from my family-in-law and I know I should be having a fitting, but we will see with that.<\/p>\n

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Finally we’re at the beginning of the 2015 season. What are your hopes and expectations for this event and for the rest of the year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really would love to get back on the French team. That’s my hidden secret objective but don’t tell anyone please!<\/p>\n

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