Jeremy Poincenot won the world championship amongst blind golfers at age 20.
BLIND GOLF CHAMP
IS
VISION HERO
Jeremy Poincenot is a new Vision Hero for the Vision of Children Foundation, which supports research to cure genetic eye disorders and restore children’s sight. Poincenot, who lost his central vision at age 19 to Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, bounced back through playing in the U.S. Blind Golf Association and actually winning the sport’s world championship at age 20. Watch a short inspirational clip at invmag.us/11154 and get more information on the foundation’s work at visionofchildren.org.
This article originally appeared in the November-December 2015 edition of INVISION.
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