Making competitive
golf more accessible
for disabled athletes
by KEN KLAVON
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HREE YEARS AGO, Kelly McKay flipped on her local news in Raleigh, N.C., and
couldn’t take her eyes off the television.
There stood Jason Faircloth, born with cerebral palsy, propagating his views for a
new U.S. Disabled Golf Association (USDGA). A U.S. Disabled Open championship would be at
its core, but he needed help bringing all of it to fruition.
“His dream for the USDGA then was to make competitive golf more accessible to adaptive
golfers,” said McKay, of LMRH Media, who quickly volunteered to handle the USDGA’s social
media endeavors then and continues to do so today.
V I R G I N I A G O L F E R | J U LY / A U G U ST 2 0 1 8
vsga.org
UP FRONT: Caddie Bart Oliva, Gianna Rosa, Florian
Scopelitis and caddie Andreas Brandenberger.