Hurt vets golf with Hootie and the Blowfish

Hurt vets golf with Hootie and the Blowfish

By Pete Iacobelli - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Apr 11, 2008 19:27:41 EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. — J.P. King was an avid golfer who played whenever he could, enjoying a break from his job as a Chief Warrant Officer in the Army.

All of that changed in 2005, when the 46-year-old injured his back in Iraq. With a lengthy rehab recommended, the last thing on King’s mind was returning to the links.

However, King and other veterans got involved in a program that helps wounded soldiers return to golf. And when organizers of Hootie and the Blowfish’s Monday After the Masters event heard about the program, they invited King and five other injured veterans to play among the celebrities at Myrtle Beach.

The program, known as Salute Military Golf Association, was partly founded by Jim Estes, a former PGA Tour player who now teaches golf at Olney Golf Park in Maryland, only a few miles from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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