Top adaptive golfer shares bond with young protégé

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, KALYN NORWOOD. >> A DYNAMIC DUO, A PRO COACH AND YOUNG BOY WITH A LOVE FOR GOLF. -- BOTH HAVE A CONTAGIOUS LOVE OF THE SPORT. AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE A DISABILITY. IT’S THEIR LESSONS ON THE COURSE AND IN LIFE I SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, OF TALENT THAT SHINES THROUGH THEIR ABILITY >>WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT BALL? BYE BYE BALL GIVE IT A RIP HIT >> ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP ADAPTIVE GOLFERS, CHRIS BIGGINS AND HIS 6-YEAR-OLD PROTEGE, SHEP. ARE QUITE THE PAIR. >> WE GOT THE SAME PUTTER SHOES, HE HAS THE RIGHT SHOE AND I HAVE LEFT. >> HOW SPECIAL IS THAT? TWO PEAS IN A POD YOU MAY SAY. BOTH CHRIS AND SHEP, TALENTED ATHLETES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. >> WHOA, THAT WAS THE BEST ONE OF THE DAY. >> AND BOTH HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY. >> WHEN I SAW CHRIS I WAS LIKE SHEP YOU’VE GOT TO MEET THIS GUY. >> I PRAYED FOR MANY YEARS FOR A ROLE MODEL AND ENCOURAGER FOR SHEP AND FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS SIMILAR CEREBRAL PALSY >> I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST SAW SHEP A FEW YEARS AGO HE WAS RUNNING AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AT UNITED ABILITY WALKER I KIND OF HAD FLASHBACKS AND DEJA VOU FROM WHEN I WAS THAT AGE, MORE >> MORE RECENTLY, HE SAW SHEP AGAIN THIS TIME, RUNNING WITHOUT HIS WALKER CHRIS ASKED HIM TO HIT SOME GOLF BALLS. >> THAT DAY I THOUGHT WE MAY BE THE BEST TO EVER PLAY THE GAME. >> HE HAS BEEN DETERMINED SINCE DAY ONE. >> TOLD SHEP MAY NEVER WALK UPON INITIAL DIAGNOSIS THIS KID PROVES HE CAN DO IT ALL. >> NOTHING HOLD HIM BACK >> DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO HIT IT WAY OVER THERE? YES LET ME SEE YOUR MUSCLES, OH YEAH YOURE STRONG ENOUGH >> IN THE PAST HE MAY HAVE HAD DOUBTS ABOUT HIS ABILITY BUT WHEN HES ON THE GOLF COURSE HE DOESN’T HAVE DOUBTS HE FEELS LIKE HE’S IMPRESSIVE HE HAS TURNED INTO SOMEONE DISABLED TO SUPERHERO >> AND CHRIS, GIVING GIFTS, >>MR. CHRIS GAVE YOU THESE? >> AND SHARING HIS ULTIMATE GIFT TO INSPIRE OTHERS >> WHEN YOU START OUT ESPECIALLY WITH A DISABILITY YOU’RE GOING TO STINK. IT’S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROAD IF YOU KEEP WORKING HARD AND KEEP BATTLING THERES NO LIMITS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO. >> IT HAS BEEN AN ANSWER TO PRAYER THAT WE HAVE MADE THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THAT GOD HAS PUT US TOGETHER. -- WITH CHRIS. >> ISN’T THAT INCREDIBLE? >> I LOVE THE TEAMWORK AND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE. >> THEY CLICKED RIGHT AWAY. THEY WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY UNITED ABILITY, THESE TWO PROVE THEIR CAPABILITY TO INSPIRE AND DO GREAT THINGS, TOGETHER. AS SOONISH OF HIT THE GOLF BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS A NATURAL HE IS SO GOOD AND CONFIDEN

Top adaptive golfer shares bond with young protégé

Updated: 6:33 AM EDT Sep 15, 2022

Chris Biggins, one of the top adaptive golfers in the world and a golf pro at the Country Club of Birmingham, Alabama, has become fast friends with his 6-year-old protege, Shep Maddox. Chris and Shep share a special bond that goes far beyond the golf course.Watch the video above for more on this story.

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. —

Chris Biggins, one of the top adaptive golfers in the world and a golf pro at the Country Club of Birmingham, Alabama, has become fast friends with his 6-year-old protege, Shep Maddox.

Chris and Shep share a special bond that goes far beyond the golf course.

Watch the video above for more on this story.