A man named Charley Boswell was blinded in World War II while rescuing a buddy from a burning tank. Charley had always been a great athlete so, after the war, he took up golf. And he was astoundingly good at it. In short, Charley Boswell won the National Blind Golf Championship 16 times, once shooting a score of 81.
In 1958 Charley went to Ft. Worth, Texas to receive the coveted Ben Hogan Award in honor of one of the greatest professional golfers in history. Mr. Hogan agreed to play a round of golf with Charley. Charley said, “Would you like to play for money?”
Hogan said, “That wouldn’t be fair!”
Charley said, “C’mon, Mr. Hogan, are you afraid to play a blind golfer?”
Hogan was really pretty competitive so he said, “Okay, I’ll play for money. How much?”
Boswell said, “$1,000 per hole…