Toshitake Hirose is tickled pink to think he is the only Japanese-Aussie in the world to be helping blind golfers play the game they love at the local and international levels.
Visiting friends in Kanagawa Prefecture during Golden Week, he has just finished volunteering his services at the five-day 2006 Blind Golf World Championship, held at the Five Hundred Club in Shizuoka.
"Every two years the best blind golfers in the world get together to compete in the International Blind Golf Association's World Championship. Last week, American players took three out of the four top places, but with Australian Peter Robinson named champion."