One-eyed Father; One-armed Son Golf Partners
Received Friday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, April 15. A father with one eye and a son with one liand won their flrst round match in the annual father anS son foursome golf tournament held at Westhill (Surrey) this week. They were Field-Marshal Earl Wavell, who lost his right eye in the Battle of Loos in 1915, and his son Viseount Keren, who lost his left hand while fighting with the Chindits in Burma in 1944. Viseount Keren, who is 33, has a special ring fitted to the sturnp of his forearm. When using the golf cluh he fits this ring over his sound wrist and is thus ahle to produce a normal swing. He uses this "handcuff grip" for all shots exeept putts.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1949, Page 5
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128One-eyed Father; One-armed Son Golf Partners Chronicle (Levin), 16 April 1949, Page 5
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