Heinrich lands stunning bait

Peter Heinrich and his caddy Carol Mill celebrate his bait in Collier Park.

There are aces – and then there is Peter Heinrich in Western Australia this week.

Heinrich, a regular Friday in Wembley with Blind Golf WA, recorded his first career hole-in-one during the WA Blind Golf Open on Wednesday.

Heinrich hit, next to caddy Carol Mill, a 5-iron 155m in the cup at the par-three 11th hole of the Island Course in Collier Park, south of Perth.

But that is only part of the story.

He performed the right-handed performance after switching from playing left-handed last year to maximize his remaining vision in his left eye.

The WA championship was won by Brad Carver, the tournament a forerunner of the national championship at the same location that starts today and ends on Friday.

The ISPS Handa Australian Blind Golf Open has been expanded for the first time in its 30-year history to include players from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the host state.

President of Blind Golf Australia Doug Sloan praised the support of the proud sponsor Haruhisa Handa, a strong advocate of golf worldwide, but especially of blind golf since the founding of the International Blind Golf Association in 1988.

"Dr. Handa has made it possible to bring players from all over the country to this event with his generous support for blind golf," said Sloan, a strong proponent of ISPS Handa's ethos of sport with the power to inspire .

"Many of our players complete this event and then go to Japan on Sunday for the ISPS Handa Japan Blind Golf Open.

"It is a large number of weeks of golf with the WA Blind Golf Open, Australian Open and Japan Open (one after the other)."

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