Amputee veterans relearn the lessons of golf

Amputee veterans relearn the lessons of golf

By Kevin Robbins - Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
Posted : Monday Mar 2, 2009 17:31:01 EST

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — A roadside bomb near Baghdad led Ryan Clark back to golf.

The 28-year-old Army infantryman from Ohio suffered a badly damaged left leg in 2007 when an improvised explosive device blew up near his vehicle in Iraq. The injury brought Clark to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where much of his leg was removed, and on a bright and breezy Monday three months later, he dressed for his first formal lesson in how to swing a short iron.