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Meet the five year old golfer with one arm, who鈥檚 beating the professionals

Tommy Morrissey of Florida, a five year old golf player with one arm, beat 30 out of 32 professional golfers during a PGA tournament. The catch for the professionals was that they could also only use one arm.

His father, Joe, spoke to 5 live recalling the event:
鈥淭ommy was out on the 14th tee, and he played against PGA tour pro鈥檚. There were some of the top guys: Brooks Koepka, and Ryan Moore, Ernie Els, some really well-known names鈥

Joe and his wife decided to buy some clubs for a young(er) Tommy after noticing that he was copying the professionals on TV. Subsequently, Tommy has gone from strength to strength in his golfing career. When asked about Tommy鈥檚 technique his father, Joe, said:

鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly difficult鈥, continuing 鈥渉e hits a driver 130, which is in line with the kids that he plays with that have two hands鈥.

This clip was taken from 5 live Breakfast on Saturday 12th November 2016.

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