Per la terza stagione consecutiva, l’azione è iniziata in Australia, con l’ISPS HANDA All Abilities Championship, dal 28 novembre al 1° dicembre 2024.

Con la partecipazione di 12 dei migliori golfisti disabili, la gara di apertura della stagione, durata tre giorni, si è conclusa a Kingston Heath con la vittoria del sudcoreano Simon Seungmin Lee, in condizioni difficili sul celebre tracciato della Melbourne Sandbelt.

Lee, a cui è stata diagnosticata una forma di autismo e disabilità dello sviluppo all’età di tre anni, è arrivato al terzo e ultimo round con un vantaggio di sei colpi e il campione dell’US Adaptive Open 2022 ha chiuso la settimana con un 74, assicurandosi una vittoria completa con 14 colpi di scarto sul numero uno al mondo Kipp Popert e sul beniamino locale Wayne Perske.

“Mi sento così bene. Ho provato una sensazione simile (alla sua vittoria negli Stati Uniti) quando il putt è entrato alla fine”, ha detto Lee dopo la sua prima vittoria all’Australian All Abilities Championship.

“Ho solo cercato di aggrapparmi saldamente alle prese e di continuare a pensare: ‘Ce la posso fare, ce la posso fare, ce la posso fare’.

“Sono molto felice e voglio ringraziare i miei genitori, mia nonna e mio nonno in Corea e tutti i miei sponsor.”

The pinnacle of the G4D Tour was once again The G4D Open – delivered in partnership by the DP World Tour and The R&A.

Back at Woburn for a third consecutive year, 80 players covering 21 nationalities and nine sports classes competed over the Duchess Course.

At the end of the three-day Major, Brendan Lawlor and Daphne van Houten were left celebrating triumphs in the individual men’s and women’s events respectively.

For Lawlor, who has a rare condition called Ellis–van Creveld syndrome, it saw the Irishman win the title for a second time, two years on from winning the inaugural edition.

“It feels unbelievable,” beamed Lawlor. “I played extremely solid all week.”

Van Houten, who was born with scoliosis and has since faced other health battles, defended the title she had won for the first time 12 months before.

“I’m very proud of myself that I finished the round, played good and won,” she said.

It has since been announced that The G4D Open will move to Celtic Manor under a new three-year venue agreement from 2026.

After a three-month break in the schedule, the G4D Tour picked up in August at The Belfry as a ten-strong field teed it up in the same week as the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.

Five players were making their G4D Tour debut and it was one of them that was left celebrating victory as South Africa’s Daniel Slabbert, an above-knee amputee, beat Joshua Exequiel Riccardo in a play-off after finishing birdie-birdie in regulation play.

“I’m absolutely delighted,” said Slabbert. “Especially with the play-off holes, I got a bit nervous out there.”

It was the first of four events in a five-week span, with a return to The K Club for the G4D Tour @ Amgen Irish Open following shortly after.

Having been on the sidelines for the first half of the year following foot surgery that saw him miss out on defending his title at The G4D Open, Popert – the world’s top-ranked golfer with a disability – enjoy a winning return to the G4D Tour, on the back of winning the US Adaptive Open, as a flawless final round saw him claim a two-shot victory in Ireland.

A week later, the Englishman, who has cerebral palsy that affects his lower body, produced a dominant display to win the G4D Tour @ BMW PGA Championship for a fourth consecutive year at Wentworth Club.