Jordan Thomas, former McCallie golfer, practices at Bear Trace Golf Course for a potential run at the 2016 Paralympics.Jordan Thomas steered the golf cart right instead of left as he approached the 18th hole at the Bear Trace at Harrison Bay.
The teeing ground that day was set to the left and closer to the hole. The former McCallie golfer chuckled and said, “Let’s see what it’s like from way back here.”
His term of “way back here” is one teeing ground beyond where professionals play during a Nationwide Tour qualifying event.
Thomas used a driver, then a 7-iron and two-putted for par on the hole, which plays 495 yards from those tees.
Only about 5 percent — maybe less — of the golfers in this country could accomplish that feat with those clubs. Even fewer could do it with Thomas’ handicap. He lost his legs below the knees in a boating accident almost seven years ago.