Texan shoots an 84 to take flight in blind tournament
Competing in the B-2 (Vision Impaired Division) flight, Hooper carded an 84 for a 167 total. He is a two-time U.S. Blind Golf Association champion.
Other flight winners were Jim Baker of Nashville in the B-1 (Totally Blind Division); Ron Plath of Lake Oswego, Ore., in B-3 (Vision Impaired Division); and George Jones of Hilton Head Island, S.C., in Senior.
The Results
B1 FLIGHT
Low gross: Jim Baker, Nashville 233
Low net: Ron Murner, Wellington, Ohio 156
B2 FLIGHT
Low gross: Bruce Hooper, San Antonio, Texas 167
Low net: Jim Durand, Longview, Wash. 138
B3 FLIGHT
Low gross: Ron Plath, Lake Oswego, Ore. 192
Low net: Harry Hester, Austin, Texas 153
SENIOR
Low gross: George Jones, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 191
Low net: Otto Huber, Saskatchewan 175