SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim

This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 September 43 Views

988 Mile Walk, a Field of Dreams for Determined Cerebral Palsy Golfer

D.J. Gregory's parents were told he would never walk. But with their constant encouragement, D.J. became the master of his cerebral palsy, and last week, at age 30, he triumphed, achieving his dream of walking with underdeveloped lungs and twisted legs every hole of the entire PGA tour -- 988 miles in 11 months.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 November 47 Views

Pro Golfer's Honesty a Shining Example

J.P. Hayes gives new meaning to the description for, 'a good sport'. The latest candidate for most honest athlete in America is a 43-year-old golfer who hasn't won a PGA tournament in six years. No one knew but him, yet he turned himself in to officials for accidentally using an unsanctioned ball in tournement play, disqualifying himself from a chance to play with the pros next year.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 November 40 Views

Golf Course for Veterans Inspires Big Donation

Out of the hospital with a repaired heart and a new appreciation for life, millionaire businessman Gene Lynn was inspired to donate $200,000 to the American Lake Veterans Golf Course which caters to disabled vets.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 June 37 Views

Golf Accident Costs an Eye, but Recovery is Priceless

Martin Fine lost an eye - but not his passion for golf - after a shot he hit ricocheted off a tree with devastating effect. . . Doctors told him that if the ball would have hit an inch to the left it could have severed both optical nerves and fully blinded him. An inch to the right and it could have hit his frontal lobe and killed him.

By Jeanne Goddard

23 April 35 Views

When Losing a Golf Tournament Really Makes You a Winner

There are times to be competitive. Moments when all you want to do is humiliate your opponent as you defeat him. It's the nature of sports, and what our internal competition meters usually read. That, we all know, is how athletes feel most of the time. But, at times, and these are few and far […]

By Roger Travis

05 May 41 Views

22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory's a Celtic Tiger, With Class

In a performance for the ages, 22-year old Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland made news and sports outlets giddy about the next Tiger being a Celtic Tiger. McIlroy won golf's toughest challenge, the US Open, by obliterating the field, beating the top ranked golfers in the world by anywhere from 6 to 20 strokes. And, as a UNICEF ambassador, the humble, affable young man volunteered in Haiti last month.

By Tom Gary

20 June 42 Views