Williamsport native Jeremy Bittner has not allowed his disability to keep from playing sports.
At age 34, Jeremy Bittner is one of the top disabled golfers in the world and has been invited to play in the Golf for the Disabled Tour in Abu Dhabi Jan. 13-14.The loss of a leg below the knee would for most youngsters dash their dream of playing big-time sports but not Jeremy Bittner.
Sports have been part of Bittner’s life beginning at a young age despite losing part of his left leg when a tractor mower driven by his father Scott ran over him when he was 4.In January 1998 he played two quarters in a John H. Bower Sunday School League game in Williamsport on one leg. He was not wearing a prosthesis because recent surgery had not healed.
At the time Bittner said he wanted to be a professional baseball or basketball player when he grew up. It turned out golf was his game. He is ranked 11th in the world among golfers with disabilities. Disabled golfers were included in world rankings for the first time in 2019 but there were no Americans in the top 500 due the lack of tournaments compared with Europe, he explained.
Not accompanying him will be his wife Darlene and their three children, ages 1, 6 and 9. His wife is missing her right hand but does not wear a prosthesis, he said.
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