After battling through 40-mile an hour wind gusts and chilly temperatures Tuesday to shoot a respectable 8-over-par 80 in the first round of the Sunbelt Senior Tour “Ken Green Comeback Tournament,” Danbury’s Ken Green withdrew from Wednesday’s second round. The tournament concludes today.
“He was in a lot of pain with the leg, it was really tough for him,” said Steve, who answered the phone in the pro shop at the Breakers West Rees Jones Course (6,670 yards, par-72) Wednesday morning. “He withdrew … no card.”
With conditions miserable again on Wednesday (winds gusting between 25 and 35 miles an hour and temperatures in the low 50′s), Green decided not to play in the second round. His next scheduled event is the Coors Light Open in Fort Myers, Fla., on March 13-14, a two-man, 36-hole Pro-Am event where (according to Green’s web site) he will be playing with his long-time caddy and friend Craig Thomas.
His first Champions Tour event will be on April 23-25 when he plays in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf tournament with Mike Reid in Savannah, Ga.
Green, 51, lost the lower part of his right leg in an RV accident last June that claimed the lives of his brother, his girl friend and his dog. A former five-time winner on the PGA Tour and a member of the 1989 Ryder Cup team, Green was playing on the Champions Tour last summer (earning $123,906 in 11 events) when the accident occured.
He is trying to become the first professional golfer to play on the Champions Tour with a prosthetic leg.
