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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Golf is a challenging game, but one New Mexican is hitting the links hard despite only having one arm.
Albuquerque's Bobby Baca has been playing competitive golf for six years. Now, he sports and impressive seven handicap and can drive the ball 280 yards.
"About four years ago I never thought I could break 100, and now that I can shoot in the 70s. It feels pretty good," Baca said. "For one armed playing, tempo is everything. We swing too fast, we miss hit badly, which is also true for a two handed player."
The 47-year-old golfer spends countless hours on the driving range to better hone his craft.
"I have put a lot of time into it a lot of effort and I want to get as good as I'm capable of becoming, and I don't think I'm there yet," he said.
Baca recently returned from Wales where he represented the United States in the Fightmaster Cup. The match-play tournament is the largest event for one-armed golfers in the world.
"It was a wonderful experience where you get to play with your peers against people with the same disability you have and when you see the level of golf that's played out there nobody looks disabled," Baca said.
Even though the U.S. team lost to Europe, Baca was his country's top player with a 3-1 record. He now has his sights set on the senior tour.
"If you don't have goals, it's hard to have something to work towards. For me, I would like to work toward playing senior events when I'm 50," Baca said.
While preparing for that next step, Baca is working at Sandia Laboratories.
Albuquerque's Bobby Baca has been playing competitive golf for six years. Now, he sports and impressive seven handicap and can drive the ball 280 yards.
"About four years ago I never thought I could break 100, and now that I can shoot in the 70s. It feels pretty good," Baca said. "For one armed playing, tempo is everything. We swing too fast, we miss hit badly, which is also true for a two handed player."
The 47-year-old golfer spends countless hours on the driving range to better hone his craft.
"I have put a lot of time into it a lot of effort and I want to get as good as I'm capable of becoming, and I don't think I'm there yet," he said.
Baca recently returned from Wales where he represented the United States in the Fightmaster Cup. The match-play tournament is the largest event for one-armed golfers in the world.
"It was a wonderful experience where you get to play with your peers against people with the same disability you have and when you see the level of golf that's played out there nobody looks disabled," Baca said.
Even though the U.S. team lost to Europe, Baca was his country's top player with a 3-1 record. He now has his sights set on the senior tour.
"If you don't have goals, it's hard to have something to work towards. For me, I would like to work toward playing senior events when I'm 50," Baca said.
While preparing for that next step, Baca is working at Sandia Laboratories.
