The Gail Owen Story
Tough Love and Second Chances - EDGA
English - August 25, 2020 18:17 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBSports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With two generations of golfers already in the family, it would be natural for young Gail Owen to pick up a club and join them on the Hampstead Golf Course on the north side of London. Right?
Well, let's not jump to conclusions. Gail did pick up a club, but with no real intent, and it was only when a friend bought her some golf lessons for her birthday that she started to play.
Fast forward just a year and Gail finds herself in a doctors office and on the receiving end of the words, "Well you've got multiple sclerosis.” There was little by way of sugar coating. The words, although direct, came slowly but hit hard.
Listen to the story of Gail Owen.
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