Dummy Talks

An 85-year-old legally blind golfer from southern Arizona made a hole-in-one this week on a par-3 course. Robert Dunham accomplished the feat on the third hole at Tortuga in Green Valley.

Playing with a group of fellow blind veterans enrolled in a Veterans Affairs health care system program, Dunham’s volunteer assistant lined him up with the ball, handed him a 9-iron and stepped back.

Dunham swung through the ball, hit it squarely and it landed softly on the green, taking one hop before nestling into the bottom of the cup.

Dunham’s group erupted into a cacophony of cheers and high-fives.

The World War II vet’s first reaction?

“I thought they were kidding me,” Dunham said. “I told them, ‘You guys better not be pulling my leg.’”

The retired Honeywell manager began losing his vision about 10 years ago, but has been in the VA program for only three weeks.

Football superstar Romario announced his retirement on Friday that comes to be the end of two decades at the top of Brazil’s national sport.

The 42-year-old striker told Rio’s O Dia newspaper that he was no longer able to cope with the physical pressure that is offered by professional football..
“I’ve stopped playing. I can’t do it any more. I haven’t played since November,” Romario said.

Romario is missing the speed and endurance that once were his best qualities and now is a shadow of the world-class scorer who starred for Barcelona and led Brazil to its fourth World Cup in 1994.Same year.

Romario was named FIFA’s player of the year.

Last year, Romario scored what he claimed was his 1,000th career goal, though FIFA officially gave him a much lower total.

The only player who officially reached 1,000 goals was the one and only Pele.