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Claude Pattemore was born in Athens, Ontario in 1927. In 1948, a construction explosion at work blinded and nearly killed the 21-year-old. He underwent rehabilitation in Toronto and Hamilton before working first for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, then running cafeterias for a number of local Hamilton plants. Three years after his injury, Pattemore took up golf and immediately excelled at the game. He won tournaments for blind golfers in Ontario and Canada before clinching the title of International Blind Golfers champion in 1963. That same year, his personal best was 78 – a score rarely achieved even by sighted golfers. On October 16, 2000, Pattemore was inducted into the Ontario Golf Association’s Hall of Fame. He died in April, 2004. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.