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EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST

This short form and informative podcast, with snippets of the latest news and guest comments, helps keep listeners up to date as to what is happening in and around EDGA.

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00:15:10

The BERNARDO GARCIA INFANTE story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2025/11/12

“Golf doesn’t care about your age, background, or physical condition. It meets you where you are. That’s the beauty of the game: it’s universal, inclusive, and deeply personal at the same time.” Mexico’s Bernardo García Infante firmly believes the game has the power to change the lives of others, and he speaks from experience. He found the courage in his late twenties – after being born with a compromised left arm – to face losing the use of his right arm in a motorbike accident in 2015. How did

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00:11:01

The KEN POWELL story

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2025/10/18

“I thought that was it for me, golf was over for me. I couldn’t stand, so how could I play? It’s amazing how it’s changed again, so you should never give up.” Aged 62, Ken Powell’s life was altered dramatically in 2021 when he was left paralysed from the waist down following surgery. Remarkably (or should that read outstandingly?), at the time of writing Ken had just become a single figure golfer again, with a Handicap Index of 9.5 no less, reducing from his first handicap when starting again of 27,

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00:16:14

The MARK CLOUGHERTY story

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2025/09/28

In this latest EDGA podcast, recent winner of the G4D Tour @ FedEx Open de France and qualifier to play in the G4D Tour’s finale in Mallorca at the end of October, Mark Clougherty explains why golf means so much to him after difficult challenges. For the Northern Ireland-based player, only returning to golf in late 2023, the game has already provided a haven from the hurly burly and the white noise away from the course. He is not the first golfer to have PTSD and to find a growing calm amid all the

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00:38:44

The TRENT AND SPUD story

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2025/09/10

When Stephen Alderson – better known as Spud – and his mate-turned-caddie, Trent Blucher, received an invitation to compete on the G4D Tour and subsequently boarded a plane to Spain in October 2024, Trent thought he was simply tagging along to support a mate. He had a week off work, a golf bag to lug, and no expectation beyond helping Spud through a one-off opportunity. Neither of them could have imagined what awaited in Sotogrande, southern Spain. They left Adelaide with little more than hope, a

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00:12:46

The PETER FISHER story

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2025/08/28

“Unfortunately, knowing The Rules doesn’t help the standard of my own golf, but it does allow me to help many others to enjoy and succeed in the game,” says Peter Fisher, EDGA Head Referee for Tournaments. Peter has added further to his CV recently in attaining The R&A’s Level 4 Advanced Referee Qualification, and today he leads a highly dedicated core team of EDGA referees which oversees many championships supporting golfers with a disability to reach their potential in competition. Peter, who

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00:07:40

The CAROL GRINNELL story

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2025/07/28

Welcome to this latest EDGA podcast, in which we greatly enjoyed speaking with English golfer Carroll Grinnell, who needed life-changing surgery following a boating accident during her retirement in 2017. Rather than this holding her back, Carol displays a zest and joy for life which shows us that positive thinking can unlock so many doors in sport and in our wider lives. Carol says: “Nothing is impossible until I’ve tried it, and found it to be so. Golf can also become very important as a social

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00:12:51

The GARY BARRETT story

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2025/07/03

Gary Barrett played golf as a teenager in Ireland, but stopped playing after his above-the-knee left leg amputation aged 22. Golf came back to him on his 50th birthday. Gary says: “I’m so thankful that my wife had the idea. I only started playing golf again 18 months or so ago when Jill bought a set of clubs for my birthday.“I now love nothing more than jumping into a golf buggy and starting a round of golf at 7:45am before everybody else has even put their golf shoes on.“I have recently joined

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00:10:19

The STEVEN ALDERSON story

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2025/06/18

Steven ‘Spud’ Alderson says: “Follow your passion, whatever it may be”. In this EDGA Podcast we connect with Steven, an Australian golfer with autism, who is winning friends and influencing people in G4D, from his home club of Willunga to Woburn in England, and beyond. We also hear from Steven’s caddie and friend of the family, Trent, who is supporting Steven on his golfing and personal journey.Using sport, and in this case golf as a platform, Steven and Trent seek more tolerance and understanding

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00:07:47

The ALEXIA GIRAULT story

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2025/05/29

When Alexia Girault of France qualified for the 2024 RSM European Net Play-offs it was in part the summation of a remarkable comeback through golf, that has significantly helped Alexia’s physical and mental health after facing a major trauma in her life. When aged 30, Alexia awoke paralysed due to a tumour in the spinal cord. Alexia tells us: “We ask ourselves a lot of questions at such times but I was very well supported by those around me. I wanted to recover and I gave 200% to get there. My

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00:25:04

The PAUL O'RAHILLY story

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2025/04/20

Paul O’Rahilly, 61, from Kilkenny, is a former engineer who lost his sight as an adult. He developed a remarkable resilience to help him navigate a way to thrive in life and golf, and this is underlined in this EDGA story. Paul says: “I started golf by caddying for my Dad. As my sight deteriorated golf has been a way to keep going, to feel included. It's too easy as a blind person to become isolated and lonely. The camaraderie and exercise is key, and it's a privilege to play the game with a

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00:14:45

The MATTHEW GAMBLE story

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2025/04/04

25-year-old Matthew Gamble has a flowing golf swing with a high finish that any golfer would be proud of. Unlike the tour pro’s he watches on TV, Matthew swings with his left arm only (in tennis terms, like a back-hand shot). The game of golf became a great discovery after a traumatic childhood accident, and Matthew’s need to be creative and problem-solve since then has become very much part of his golf today. The Londoner says: “Golf is now really important. Whether just playing for fun, G4D

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00:12:10

The DIANNE CONWAY story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2025/03/18

Dianne Conway, a genial and intelligent golfer from Northern Ireland, would go to the course nearly every day if she could, but a serious injury to her lower left leg suffered in the late 1980s still causes her pain to this day, and she therefore must ration how much she plays. A disturbing memory can fire from the injury, but playing the game is also an antidote to the pain, and surely a sign of her resilience.Dianne loves the game on all levels: competition, personal challenge, the exercise, and

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00:15:18

The GORDON MCLAY story

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2025/02/26

The mental landscape of the game is a fascination for Scotsman Gordon Mclay: seeing, feeling the next shot, thinking ahead to the different scenarios like the chess player. Gordon used this process first subconsciously when teaching himself to play as a boy, then as a competitor good enough to compete in the Scottish Amateur Championship, and later working as a professional caddie on the Legends Tour. In life of course it is much harder to predict the bounce of the ball. A motorcycle accident in

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00:15:47

The CATHERINE GRACIE story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2025/02/19

Catherine Gracie, a recently retired teacher in international trade from Brittany in France, is on the tee at her home golf course, melodically humming along to a famous song from the 1980s. “I’m so excited… and I just can’t hide it…” Catherine only started playing golf 10 years ago but for a good reason, and the game has welcomed this golfer who must swing and strike the ball with one arm only. “My greatest joy is to play golf with friends, new friends, abled and disabled. It’s a great source of

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00:14:18

The ELISEO VILLANUEVA story

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2025/01/28

Being a paratrooper, Eliseo Villanueva was more equipped than many to handle adversity. The US Army veteran explains: “In the airborne community we say, ‘Adapt and overcome, and continue on with your mission’.” The severe injury to his dominant left arm on the training ground in 1993 was a potential long-term blow. However, a darker legacy around Eliseo’s feeling of duty in serving on the front line came when he and a number of his fellow Paratroopers would develop post-traumatic stress disorder

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00:13:15

The ELLEN LARSEN story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2025/01/17

Ellen Larsen and her husband Per Arne, from near Oslo in Norway, have both overcome hugely challenging health conditions to enjoy life again, using golf as a regular shared activity to inspire them. “Through golf you keep social, physically active and get a good brain workout,” explains Ellen who, after back surgery to help a long-standing neurological condition, has a weakened left leg and mobility problems. “Golfing is my meditation… I do not do yoga, I play golf! I have learned to focus on what

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00:17:03

The THOMAS BLIZZARD story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2024/12/06

Having tested himself in some big golf tournaments this year, England’s Thomas Blizzard, aged 18, has absorbed a lot. He is a serious player in the making. The challenges he faces are part of his learning curve. What makes him tick as a golfer.He tells us: “Part of my condition of Autism makes social and high pressure scenarios extremely difficult to function in. With golf being a heavily mental game it often leads to my detriment as I can easily get frustrated over things when they don’t go as

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00:13:04

The MARI BERKERS story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2024/11/22

Mari Berkers loves golf, what the game brings him, and how it gets his mind working. He took up the sport at the age of 32 in 2011. “It’s all about making the right shot, the personal challenge and the nature, are all part of me loving the game of golf so much. Being out there, in beautiful surroundings, hitting the shots that you visualise, and always trying to beat your lowest score,” says Mari, a business developer for a leading food company from Tilburg in the Netherlands. For Mari, the

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00:05:41

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 69

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/11/25

This week we introduce you to the story of Fabrizio Gardiol from Italy. We give you an insight into last weeks EDGA workshops and Annual Assembly and a guide to using the suite of EDGA logos.FABRIZIO GARDIOL Acquired wisdom shows us that we can earn a “bagful of things” to improve life, and for some, golf can play a leading role. You would be forgiven for thinking that the hand condition Fabrizio Gardiol was born with could be a major problem for him growing up in the 1960s, perhaps creating a lack

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00:04:55

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 68

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/11/02

This isepisode 68of the EDGA Golfers’ first podcast. This week we introduce you to the story of Tom Doherty, the new RSM European Stableford Play-Off Champion, we explain why we use the term G4D. STORIES Inclusive golf? “Let’s spread the waves, let’s move those barriers,” says Ireland’s Tom Doherty. Talking with Tom, it is clear he understands that the camaraderie and togetherness that can be found at an inclusive golf event can create a great sense of community for those taking part. This man from

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