NYT profile of professional golfer Ken Green, who lost his leg in an RV accident back in June. Green was the 1989 Greater Greensboro Open winner and his girlfriend Jeannie Hodgin, who was killed in the accident along with Green’s brother Billy, was a G’boro native:
Every morning in the mirror, Green sees the scars on his head and under his eye staring back at him. Sharp bolts of pain shoot through the stump of his right leg. These are reminders of where he has been and how far he has to go if he is to succeed in his quest of returning to the Champions Tour.
…“I don’t know why I didn’t die,” Green said, scratching the dog’s head. “And I haven’t asked the questions, ‘Why didn’t I die, and they all died?’ I lost my three best friends in the world. I’m not happy about anything that happened. But it happened, and I have to accept that and make things better. Obviously, I’d much rather have my friends back. And my leg. But I have a choice, and maybe I’ll do something good.”
Green adds that on the day of the accident he told his brother and his girlfriend that he’d finally rid himself of the demons that left had him divorced twice and broke.
Update: The other accident, considerably less tragic but more mysterious. What’s Tiger trying to hide?
