HOLD: A HEROIC GOLFER RETURNS

Posted July 25, 2013 11:00 pm

Susan Marcom

TOM REID, LONG TIME ELGIN RESIDENT AND PREVIOUS ELGIN CITY GOLF TOURNAMENT WINNER HITS THE GREENS TOMORROW AT THE HIGHLANDS AFTER A LONG ABSENCE. TOM , A VIETNAM VETERAN HAS BEEN AWAY FROM THE GAME FOR YEARS NOW DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF A PACEMAKER DEFIB UNIT DUE TO ESCHEMIC HEART DISEASE INCURRED WHEN HE WAS IN VIETNAM. ALWAYS A RECOGNIZED LEFT HANDED GOLFER TOM WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE AREA . HIS FELLOW GOLFERS CALLED HIM "STEADY" DUE TO HIS UNCANNY KNACK FOR HITTING THE BALL STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF COURAGE TO GET BACK IN THE SWING AFTER ALL

THE SURGERIES. THIS WEEKEND WILL BE A BIG ONE FOR TOM.

TOM'S SAYS HIS ONLY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO HIT THE BALL AS FAR AS HIS FRIEND.,ELGIN'S OWN NATIONAL LONG DRIVE CHAMP JEFF LANG.

TO TALK TO TOM PLEASE CALL HIM AT 847-845-0890

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