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New Zealand 12-year-old autistic boy wins tournament two weeks after picking up golf clubs
A 12-year-old boy with autism in New Zealand has stunned people by winning his first golf tournament just two weeks after picking up a club.
Bailey Te'epa-Tarau, an autistic boy from a small town in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, won the nine-hole golf event at the annual National Junior Games in Tauranga, New Zealand media outlet Stuff reported on Wednesday.
Bailey only had to play three matches to win.
Bailey Te'efa-Tarauwa and assistant golf coach Fetu Wiremu
Even more remarkable, Stuff notes, was the miraculous way Bailey, who hadn't spoken much before the win, spoke confidently to reporters afterward.
He even surprised his family and the assistant teacher who was helping him.
"I had a dream to be in the competition and I got first place,"
카지노사이트존 he told reporters. It was a lot of fun," he told reporters.
Bailey picked up a golf club two weeks before the tournament.
But the moment he stepped onto the tee at Mount Manganui Golf Club in Tauranga in his basketball shoes, something amazing began to happen.
"His walk from the tee box to the green was confident, focused, and relaxed," says tournament organizer Jamie Trouton, "and his unwavering driver helped him post an incredible Stableford score of 87 after three rounds."
Family members, including his parents and grandfather, chased him in a cart throughout the tournament.
"I'm so proud of him," said his dad. I was surprised to see him do so well with autism," said his father.
Bailey Te'efa-Tarau reading the green.
"A few years ago, she wasn't a very athletic kid," he said, "but I think she's on the right track now. He's showing confidence."
He wonders if there's something about autism that makes it perfect for golf: "He doesn't get too upset when he hits the ball wrong. He loves to hit the ball, so it doesn't bother him too much when he makes a mistake."
"Winning a medal is just a bonus," said Fetu Wiremu, a paraprofessional and golf coach who helps him at school, adding that his biggest victory was that he started to show more confidence in socializing and speaking to other children.
"In the past, she wouldn't talk to anyone," he said, "so for the past two years or so, we've made a big effort to treat her the same as other kids and get her excited about sports."
He said he decided to try to get Bailey to play golf after seeing her swinging sticks around at school all the time, so he called a friend and started practicing with borrowed clubs two weeks before the tournament.
"Bailey's next dream is to compete in the Special Olympics," Stuff said, adding that a local construction company has offered to buy him clubs and the New Zealand Golf Association is in contact with his school to see how they can help.
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