Israel’s Blind Golf Star

By Tal Miller

Every two years, Zohar Sharon shows up to his own, private battlefield: the

world championship for blind golfers. He can’t see his opponents. He can’t see the neatly manicured greens. All he knows is that there’s a club, there’s a ball, there’s a hole, and, most important, there’s Shimshon Levy, his caddie. And Zohar Sharon knows one more thing: He needs to win. There’s no other option. There never was.

Sharon first won the world championship for blind men’s golf six years ago. Then he won it again, and again—four times to be exact. This past year, he spent hours training on Israel’s two golf courses, determined to defend his 2010 title in this year’s championship at Nova Scotia, Canada. But on the first day of the July tournament, he delivered the worst game of his career, shooting a 118. By the late afternoon, he had convinced himself it was all over…Read More