… things were not fair, not at all.
When Tommy Morrissey was born, he did not have a right arm. His parents, as people are apt to do in these situations, were determined that this would not stop him from doing whatever he wanted to in life.
This included playing sports. To encourage this, they had him pick up playing golf. When he was just 14 months old.
Tommy took to it immediately and displayed a natural talent for the game. A talent that was recently on display in a big way.
As his dad told Inside Edition, “Golf is his passion. When he was younger, if we turned golf off, he would start crying.”
The six-year old Morrissey has a foundation, UnLimbeted, that aims to help those with disabilities reach their potential. As an example, one of their 2017 initiatives is to get more kids new opportunities to get out and play.
“…give a child a “Stand Up And Play” para-mobile chair. This chair will allow a child that is otherwise confined to a sitting position, the ability to stand up and play.”
As a benefit for the foundation, he recently appeared in the “One Arm Challenge.” The competition pitted small boy against some of the best golfers in the world.
The competition was a simple one: the person to hit the ball closest to the pin was the winner. To keep things “fair,” every golfer could only use one arm.
But things were not fair, not at all. The professional golfers were horribly outmatched. One by one they took their shot against Morrissey.
And one by one, they fell to the side. As the competition closed, Morrissey had gone up against 58 golfers.
While Morrissey loves the game, he is wise beyond his years with his understanding of the real purpose behind events like this. He told Inside Edition, “The real purpose of what we are doing is to bring awareness to physical differences and to encourage military and children who are out of the game to get in the game.”
Source:liftable.com