ary Hooper considers himself lucky just to be able to play
golf. in 1995, he suffered a broken neck and lay paralyzed
in the hospital for eight days.
he finally underwent surgery to have metal plates inserted
between cervical vertebrae 3-7, but it took...
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ary Hooper considers himself lucky just to be able to play
golf. in 1995, he suffered a broken neck and lay paralyzed
in the hospital for eight days.
he finally underwent surgery to have metal plates inserted
between cervical vertebrae 3-7, but it took months and months of
rehabilitation just to learn how to walk again.
so, yes, hooper definitely feels lucky to be able to play golf.
now 54, he has also discovered he is lucky at golf, too.
We’re talking, really lucky.
the sales rep for irving-based energy consulting company “5”
has been playing since he was 25 and never made a hole-in-one
until 2010, when he made his first at Waxahachie Country Club.
But starting last July 26, hooper made eight aces in eight
months—all at his home club, Thorntree CC, in Desoto.
“i have never seen anything like it in my 20 years in the golf
business,” said Bert Walker, thorntree’s director of golf. “All the
hole in ones have been verified and has been in different groups.”
Along the way, hooper has amass
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