Paralysis proves no problem for golf champion Tony

Tony Brouder claimed his fourth club golf title at the weekend.

Tue, 03 Jul, 2012 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Not bad considering he’s paralysed from the waist down.

After being stricken by paralysis in 2008 and confined to a wheelchair, Tony, aged 45, was forced to give up his job as a construction foreman and alter his entire life.

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