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Golf is played strictly to the Rules of Golf produced by the
Royal and Ancient (R&A). The R&A has published "A
Modification of the Rules of Golf for Golfers with Disabilities"
which allows blind golfers to ground their club in a hazard.
A player uses a sighted coach or guide to
give verbal information about each hole, help with club selection
and then place the club head directly behind the ball. From
then on it's down to the blind golfers' swing.
The competition is broken into classes determined
by the golfer’s level of sight (B1, B2, B3). You
can download a sight classification form here.
Blind golf has many competitions around the world. The 2004
world championships was held in Australia.
The World Blind Golf Championship is one of
several tournaments sanctioned by the International Blind
Golf Association. Other sanctioned tournaments include National
Open events in Japan, Britain, Australia, Canada and the United
States.
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