What about ones with birth defects in their leg? How was their average.

/sweet fucking christ the dude HAS A BIRTH DEFECT!!

The birth defect doesn’t affect his golf swing. The defect affects his walking, causes fatigue, and I think that’s what affects his golf game. So the direct correlation is with the walking, not with the game of golf per se.

/Pro golfers should carry their own clubs
//Each group gets 1 forecaddy
///Put ‘em all on the clock

Yeah well, the problem is, what if the PGA Tour conducted research and found that pros who ride in a cart play, on average, one stroke better than they did walking over the course of 4 days of play. Would that be enough to alter the impression that walking is an essential part of the game?

What about ones with birth defects in their leg? How was their average.

/sweet fucking christ the dude HAS A BIRTH DEFECT!!

If it’s some legitimite reason where the person’s having issues, let them ride. Nobody really wants to be in a cart for a PGA or USGA event. If some weasel tries to get around the system, guy probably doesnt have the mental make-up to be a champion anyway.

Like how Jerry Rice didn’t realize he was gay until he turned thirty.

You’re gonna die for that…

What if it was a degenerative disease the person was born with but didn’t set in until the golfer was, say, 25?

Like how Jerry Rice didn’t realize he was gay until he turned thirty.

Martin’s legs are extremely jacked up. He’s in a cart.

I am definitely pro-cart for Martin and for people with disabilities.

This whole “walking is important” bit that hardcore golf types pound their Izod emblazoned chests about would sound less like %150 less entitled if professional golfers actually carried their own golf clubs while walking on the course. They don’t even do that much.

Chronic conditions verified by a doctor – yes. Injuries no. There are plenty of obstacles the person with the disability needs to overcome to just get to that point.

What if it was a degenerative disease the person was born with but didn’t set in until the golfer was, say, 25?

You here pros talking

…

You saved the day, thanks.

Martin is faking it.

You here pros talking

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Chronic conditions verified by a doctor – yes. Injuries no. There are plenty of obstacles the person with the disability needs to overcome to just get to that point.

Wait so now one of his kids misses the Open because of his coach? Or did he qualify too? Bet he hates him now.

That kid is playing a sudden-death playoff this morning against a kid from Oregon State for the other spot in the Open. The loser will be an alternate.

/Team Walk

As I recall, Scalia wrote a pretty classic dissent for the Casey Martin case.

You’re goddamn right I did:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-24.ZD.html

I am definitely pro-cart for Martin and for people with disabilities.

What about people with injuries, or chronic conditions?

Yeah it was truly brilliant. You hear pros talking all the time about how they spend hours working on their walking.

Yeah well, the problem is, what if the PGA Tour conducted research and found that pros who ride in a cart play, on average, one stroke better than they did walking over the course of 4 days of play. Would that be enough to alter the impression that walking is an essential part of the game?

I also think the case came down to whether Tour players were customers of the PGA Tour or something like that. There was a clause in the Disabilities Act that the case had to address.