The estimated number of adaptive golfers in the United States, according to the National Golf Foundation. The U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance conducts over 30 national tournaments a year and has 40 chapters nationwide. In 2022, the USGA established its newest championship, the U.S. Adaptive Open in which players compete in one of 10 categories based on impairment with the field determined using Handicap Indexes® and the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability.
Three Texans were among the 96 players who competed this year in the 2nd U.S. Adaptive Open held July 10-12 at Pinehurst Resort’s Course No. 6 in North Carolina. They were Abigail Davis, 21, of Houston (Arm Impairment), Bruce Hooper, 77, of San Antonio (Vision Impairment), and Joshua Tankersley, 36, of Fort Worth (Leg Impairment). Davis had the best showing of the week, posting a 258 total for 54 holes to win her respective category, and finish 8th in the Women’s Overall Division.
