"GOLF IS A GAME FOR EVERYONE."     Peter Longo

"My earliest trick shot routines were with one arm, on one leg, seated and blindfolded.  I soon realized I had learned a great deal about the challenges facing disabled people. I began teaching and writing on golf with all types of disabilities and it's been going great guns ever since then." Great guns, indeed.  After 29 years of working with disabled people, Peter Longo is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. He has written dozens of articles for individual publications, along with teaching manuals on disabled golf for the USPGA, The Spanish Golf Federation and the National Golf Foundation. He produced the first video ever done on handicapped golf, (CHALLENGE GOLF, 1987) which has become an industry standard the world over. In 1989, Peter authored a treatise on golf and challenges for the U.S. Government that earned him a trip to the White House to meet sponsors First Lady Barbara Bush and Queen Sylvia of Sweden. He was an original member and Chairman of the PGA's Committee for the Physically Disabled and still serves on the Advisory Board. Peter is also active in the golf programs and fund raising efforts of both Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the world's largest rehab facility. Peter received Marianjoy's prestigious Joe Jemsek "Par Excellence" Award of 2006 for distinguished and inspirational leadership in the field of disabled golf. Since 2003, Peter has teamed with the Fundacion Deporte y Desafio (Foundation for Sports and Challenges) in Madrid and Spanish international star Sergio Garcia, conducting Spain's first ever disabled golf teaching seminars for professionals and students in Barcelona, Madrid, Gijon, Malaga, Castellon, Seville, Pamplona, the provinces of Galicia and Asturias, Cadiz, Salamanca, Tarragona, Majorca Island and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. In 2005, Peter released a Power Point computer teaching CD for the PGA of America.  The work, entitled "CHALLENGE GOLF-CD", is available to both PGA members and the general public. Orders can be made through the PGA Foundation, 1650 Bluegrass Lakes Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004-7714, or by phone: 1-800-742-3003, fax: 770-442-9742, and on line at: www.pgafoundation.com.  No matter what the physical problem, Peter Longo can lend a helping hand to pros and students alike.