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The US Open: Omaha Golfer Wins Golf Digest Contest
By admin | June 16, 2008
John Atkinson, the golfer from Omaha participated into the golf digest competition and won it, against the other 50,000 participants.
He trained a lot for this performance, as some sources spotted him during his long practice hours. Why did John Atkinson take this golfing challenge? Simply because he wants to draw the attention of the world towards a non-smoker inoperable lung cancer. John was diagnosed with the disease last year and he tried to bring it into the public attention ever since.
John was featured on Channel 6 News, in an interview about his performance of a lifetime. He confessed being very excited about performing in front of such a huge audience, but he managed to cope with his shyness, get over it and win.
He thinks golf is a great game and the best part is that through golf he can better spread his message about lung cancer around.
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