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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Benjamin Goddard

World No.1 disabled golf star eyeing Masters and The Open after picking up clubs aged 3

English golfer Kipp Popert has aspirations of becoming the first disabled player to win a golfing major.

The 24-year-old, who has a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia that affects his lower body, wants to make history by winning the Masters and The Open.

Popert used plastic golf clubs as a child to stop himself falling over, but soon father Rick noticed his son's golf swing and started taking him down the driving range.

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