After an early start, I find myself sitting in the clubhouse at The Ridge Golf Club near Maidstone in Kent with photographer Howard Boylan awaiting the arrival of my playing companion. It will be a day of firsts for me: the first time I’ve played this course even though it’s less than an hour from home; the first time I’ve met someone from Nepal; and the first time I’ve played with a double below-the-knee amputee.
I’m feeling abnormally nervous for someone who has been doing this job for 25 years, but Kushal Limbu quickly puts me at ease when he walks in with a warm smile. Soon we’re standing on the first tee as the rain begins to fall steadily and the proposed 18-hole match is hastily shortened to nine. But that doesn’t matter – I’m not really here to write about the golf we played that day but rather about this extraordinary man’s tale of tragedy, rehabilitation, resilience, determination, achievement and more.
