Whaleback Golf Course set to play host for two major blind tournaments later this month

Australia’s best blind golfers will descend on Whaleback Golf Course this month.

The Blind Golf Australia National Stableford Championship will be held there from September 15-16 and the West Coast Blind & Inclusive Golf Championship from September 18-19.

Both events cater for golfers with visual impairments and/or physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities, and attract players from across Australia.

Blind golfers play in one of four classifications, based on their levels of vision impairment, and are assisted by a sighted caddie who describes the hole, helps with club selection, aligns the golfer and ensures that the clubhead is positioned directly behind the ball.

Golfers then take on the course the same way as any other player. The only concession allowed under the rules of golf