A revolutionary putting method that has
propelled Adam Scott and Lydia Ko to the top of world golf
 is now being used by PGA Professional Duncan Kegg to help Australian
blind golfers excel on the greens.

 Kegg, Head Professional at Mt Lawley Golf Club,
is Western Australia’s only qualified AimPoint Express instructor and after
seeing how successful the method was for his own game, had a light-bulb moment
recently.

"I decided to contact the Western Australia
Blind Golf Association to see if they were interested in attending a free
AimPoint Express clinic," says Kegg.
"I think
vision-impaired golfers are very brave to play golf – a sport that’s already
difficult enough. Then I got thinking – the whole premise of AimPoint Express
is to take the art of green reading away from your eyes and make it more about
feel.

A blind golfer can get the feel for a slope
with their feet like anyone else and then it’s simply a matter of getting their
caddie to help them line up to a target they have calculated based on that
feel."

Kegg said the first clinic was so
successful the Association contacted him again to organise round two. "I think
AimPoint Express is such a valuable coaching tool for vision-impaired golfers
because it allows them to maintain that ownership and connection with a key
fundamental skill required in golf,"
says
Kegg.

Among Kegg’s vision-impaired students are a
world champion blind golfer and 
a 92-year-old war
veteran.

"It’s funny, during the clinic one of my
students had his wife caddying for him and on one particular hole she turned
around and said in a frustrated tone, "Can’t you bloody see that?" and he replied, "No, I’m
bloody blind, remember?"

"It brings me great joy, as a PGA
Professional, to know that what I’m doing is making a real difference and
keeping people of all ages, abilities and disabilities in this great game,"
says Kegg.

While extensive training was involved to
become a fully qualified AimPoint Express instructor, Kegg says it’s the best
thing to happen to grass roots golf.

"Learning this technique was a real
eye-opener for me on just how many years I’ve wasted teaching people how to
putt," he says. "Before AimPoint Express, people would ask me how to read
greens and it was hard to give them a definitive answer on what was the best
method. On a recent golf trip overseas I played 90 holes and I reckon I only
misread two putts with this method."It was then I knew it was a winner for my
students. Now that I’ve seen how it can help vision-impaired golfers enjoy the
game, I reckon it’s a winner for everyone."