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One-armed golfer Patrick Duke gets hole-in-one (SWNS)<\/p>\n One-armed golfer Patrick Duke gets hole-in-one (SWNS)<\/p>\n
Golfers as old as 103<\/a> have hit holes-in-one\u2014but have you ever heard of the feat being achieved by someone with only one arm?<\/p>\n But recently, an Irish golfer celebrated sinking his first ever hole-in-one, after learning how to play the game since an accident left him with only one arm.<\/p>\n A physically-challenged golfer is celebrating sinking his first ever hole-in-one, after learning how to play the sport after an accident left him with only one arm.<\/p>\n Patrick Duke beat the odds of 100,000 to 1 when he hit the perfect tee shot on the fourth hole at Overstone Park, in Northamptonshire, England.<\/p>\n The 67-year-old had been playing with friends on the 120-yard par-3 when he slotted his first ace with a seven iron.<\/p>\n The feat was even more remarkable, considering how new he was to the game, having learned how to play following his accident in 2012.<\/p>\n Pat credits golf with \u201csaving his life\u201d over the past 7 years while he has undergone serious physical and mental health challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not very good at golf, but it\u2019s saved my life,\u201d Pat told SWNS news agency.<\/p>\n \u201cGolf is not my game: I\u2019m 280 pounds and 6-foot-2; my games were always rugby, Gaelic football, soccer and cricket.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve also worked all my life since I was 15, so I was very active until a workplace accident changed my life. I couldn\u2019t see a way back for me, at times, but then a friend asked me if I had ever played golf.<\/p>\n \u201cI had some lessons with a pro and told him to treat me as a blank canvas and I\u2019ll do what you tell me to.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said, what works for me would not work for others\u2014so I sort of developed my own technique.\u201d<\/p>\n He managed to birdie on the hole before, a few weeks earlier, but this one had always been a problem for Pat.<\/p>\n \u201cEight times out of ten I knock it in the water\u2014and it starts getting into your head. My clubs have very nearly gone in the lake there on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I thought, this time I\u2019m going to aim straight for the flag instead of the green.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf anyone else used a seven iron on that hole it would have been about 100 yards past the flag.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as I hit it, I knew I had caught it sweet. Kevin was telling me, \u2018that\u2019s on the button that is\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cWe watched it get nearer and nearer. It actually landed about a foot past the hole and rolled back, I got backspin on it but I\u2019ve no idea how.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople on the fifth hole walking by were applauding me. Kevin threw his club in the air; I couldn\u2019t quite believe it, I was gobsmacked.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED: Shoes That Adapt to Uneven Surfaces Help Folks With Mobility Issues Walk Easier \u2013 Now For Sale Online<\/a><\/p>\n That\u2019s when he said to his playing partner Kevin, \u201cFancy getting beaten by a one-armed man?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was told the odds of somebody with a disability getting a hole-in-one was 0.001% or 1 in 100,000.\u201d<\/p>\n Pat had worked in the road surfacing industry for more than 30 years before his jacket became caught in a machine, ultimately leading to the loss of his arm. He later developed post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in a really bad place. I had suicidal thoughts and lost confidence, self-worth, and relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n Pat first tried golf in 2018 after he was introduced to Overstone Park\u2019s PGA professional Brian Mudge. He quickly found both confidence and community at the club.<\/p>\n GOOD GOLF NEWS: \u201cThe people I\u2019ve met have been phenomenal. It gave me confidence and a reason to get out of the house.<\/p>\n \u201cIf just one person could see this, even if its not golf, I just want people to know that there can be a life after something like this.<\/p>\n \u201cTo come from having suicidal thoughts, my self-worth going out the window\u2014no courage, no confidence, no nothing\u2014and then to find golf and friendship, I think everything happens for a reason.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I can do it, anybody can.<\/p>\n \u201cGolf gave me confidence, friendship, and the will to live.\u201d<\/p>\n SHARE THE INSPIRATION on Social Media With Folks Trying to Overcome\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One-armed golfer Patrick Duke gets hole-in-one (SWNS) Golfers as old as 103 have hit holes-in-one\u2014but have you ever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[151441,2754,736,9333,427,42012,99,1148],"class_list":["post-442326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-achievement","tag-depression","tag-disability","tag-england","tag-golf","tag-overcoming","tag-sports","tag-surprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/One-armed-golfer-Patrick-Duke-SWNS.jpg\")
One-armed golfer Patrick Duke on the green \u2013 SWNS<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/One-armed-golfer-Patrick-Duke-\u2013-SWNS-SQUARE.jpg\")
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