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Possibilities Unlimited

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Golf Journal - 1994
 
It's not what you have lost but what you have left that counts.

This is the philosophical cornerstone of a steadily expanding program of aid and recreation for amputees which is the be-all and end-all of a Cleveland corporation known as "Possibilities Unlimited, Inc."

For the past three years, the organization has sponsored purely local golf tournaments. This month, in their fourth venture, the unpaid officials of Possibilities Unlimited are broadening the base of the tournament. For the first time, amputees from other cities have been invited and a one dollar gate contribution is expected to turn a penny or two for the benefit of the corporation's program.

FIRST NATIONAL MEET

The First National Amputee tournament will be held Sept. 18 at the Chagrin Valley C.C. in Cleveland, home of Possibilities Unlimited, where there are an estimated 2,000 persons handicapped by loss of limb.

Entries from Cleveland proper include those of Jack Coyne, George Kruger and Edward Moisio, all winners of previous tournaments.

Feature match of the day will present Jimmy Nichols, the only one-armed golfer to qualify for the National Open and a seven times ace-maker, and "Pro" Giavito, also an amputee, of Kewanee, Ill., who qualified in the Peoria Open, Columbus Invitation and at Tam 0'Shanter.

Lost his arm in an automobile accident in 1929; started playing golf in 1931. Now regarded as the foremost living example of the "what you have left" philosophy. The only one-armed golfer to -qualify in the National Open, and twice qualifier in the National PGA tournament, Jimmy will be a feature performer at the Cleveland amputees' party.

 
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