Sightless golfer gets an ace
PHILADELPHIA -- Even though he is blind, Larry Ruttenberg, like many golfers, can usually tell by the feel when he has hit a good shot.
"Sweet spot, off the nose, off the heel, I can generally sense when a shot is good, bad or indifferent," said Ruttenberg, 89, from Wynnewood, Pa.
So it was all the more surprising to Ruttenberg on Monday when he hit what felt like a rather indifferent 7-wood off the tee at the 120-yard par-3 12th hole at the ACE Club in Lafayette Hill, only to hear his coach, Paris Sterrett, grow increasingly excited.
"Paris hollered, `It hit the green, it's rolling, it won't stop rolling . . . it's IN THE HOLE!' "
"I stood here, numb," said Ruttenberg, recalling his reaction to his first ace in 65 years of golf.
When Ruttenberg took up the game in his mid-20s, he had already lost the sight in his right eye.
He lost the sight in his left eye 21 years ago when he was struck by a ball while playing golf.
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