Kyle Lograsso

In the May issue of Golf Digest, Dave Kindred tells the amazing story of five-year-old Kyle Lograsso of Perkasie, Pa. The young cancer survivor may have lost an eye to the disease (his left eye, in case you're wondering) but none of his enthusiasm for -- and skill in playing -- golf.In the May issue of Golf Digest, Dave Kindred tells the amazing story of five-year-old Kyle Lograsso of Perkasie, Pa. The young cancer survivor may have lost an eye to the disease (his left eye, in case you're wondering) but none of his enthusiasm for -- and skill in playing -- golf.

"Crazy to say," writes Kindred, "but the kid's a player with a nice little swing. Gets it to 53 miles per hour on the launch monitor, hits it 50 to 60 yards on the fly. Says he likes putting best, "'cause they go in.'""Crazy to say," writes Kindred, "but the kid's a player with a nice little swing. Gets it to 53 miles per hour on the launch monitor, hits it 50 to 60 yards on the fly. Says he likes putting best, "'cause they go in.'"

"Though right-handed, he plays lefty, and no one is sure why, save for guessing that it keeps his good eye over the ball throughout the swing," Kindred tells us. Said Bob Huber, Kyle's first instructor, after seeing the boy hit for the first time two years ago, "It's hard to believe a 3-year-old can do this. But a 3-year-old with one eye?""Though right-handed, he plays lefty, and no one is sure why, save for guessing that it keeps his good eye over the ball throughout the swing," Kindred tells us. Said Bob Huber, Kyle's first instructor, after seeing the boy hit for the first time two years ago, "It's hard to believe a 3-year-old can do this. But a 3-year-old with one eye?"

Kyle practices his putting in front of his family. From left: Mom Regina, sister Kristen, age 13, Dad Jeff, a staff sargeant in the U.S. Marines, sister Kaley, 11.Kyle practices his putting in front of his family. From left: Mom Regina, sister Kristen, age 13, Dad Jeff, a staff sargeant in the U.S. Marines, sister Kaley, 11.

Kyle rolls one past the cup and off the "green." More from Kindred: "Can you become golf-obsessed before leaving diapers? You can, it turns out, if your father is a Marine visiting Korea while stationed in Japan and your television delivers the Golf Channel. 'We have no idea why, but for hours he watched nothing else, just glued to golf,' says Jeff Lograsso..."Kyle rolls one past the cup and off the "green." More from Kindred: "Can you become golf-obsessed before leaving diapers? You can, it turns out, if your father is a Marine visiting Korea while stationed in Japan and your television delivers the Golf Channel. 'We have no idea why, but for hours he watched nothing else, just glued to golf,' says Jeff Lograsso..."

Practice makes perfect. Jeff Lograsso didn't play golf before Kyle's passion for the game surfaced. Now father and son get to a golf course three or four times a week.Practice makes perfect. Jeff Lograsso didn't play golf before Kyle's passion for the game surfaced. Now father and son get to a golf course three or four times a week.

Kyle sinks another putt. To borrow a phrase, "Do you believe in miracles?" The Lograsso family certainly does.Kyle sinks another putt. To borrow a phrase, "Do you believe in miracles?" The Lograsso family certainly does.

From Kindred's tale: "Kristen and Kaley Lograsso are two of those beautiful little girls lucky to have a sweet brother like Kyle. Their lucky moments included the morning when Kristen pooped a handful of Cheerios into her mouth. Having a sweet brother like Kyle made it possible for Krstien to say words few sisters have ever said. 'Eee-yew, Mom, I ate Kyle's eye!'From Kindred's tale: "Kristen and Kaley Lograsso are two of those beautiful little girls lucky to have a sweet brother like Kyle. Their lucky moments included the morning when Kristen pooped a handful of Cheerios into her mouth. Having a sweet brother like Kyle made it possible for Krstien to say words few sisters have ever said. 'Eee-yew, Mom, I ate Kyle's eye!'

Kyle keeps a birdie-ball rack in his bedroom. "His bedroom," Kindred writes, "is a shrine of Tiger photographs, Tiger books, Tiger games and Tiger club covers."Kyle keeps a birdie-ball rack in his bedroom. "His bedroom," Kindred writes, "is a shrine of Tiger photographs, Tiger books, Tiger games and Tiger club covers."

More, from Kindred's story: "For Kyle's second birthday, celebrated in Japan, his parents bought him a driver, 7-iron and putter .... in front of the TV, transfixed, the boy made phantom swings in copy of what he'd seen on the screen, mostly Tiger Woods winning..."More, from Kindred's story: "For Kyle's second birthday, celebrated in Japan, his parents bought him a driver, 7-iron and putter .... in front of the TV, transfixed, the boy made phantom swings in copy of what he'd seen on the screen, mostly Tiger Woods winning..."

Kindred: "Outside the condo door, there's a driving range, sort of. 'We might have 150 balls over there, and we can't go get them,' says his father, meaning the yard behind a neighbor's fence. Once Kyle outgrew that space, the father asked him, 'Hey, buddy, you want to go to a golf course?' 'Hey, Dad, does a bear chip in the woods?'Kindred: "Outside the condo door, there's a driving range, sort of. 'We might have 150 balls over there, and we can't go get them,' says his father, meaning the yard behind a neighbor's fence. Once Kyle outgrew that space, the father asked him, 'Hey, buddy, you want to go to a golf course?' 'Hey, Dad, does a bear chip in the woods?'

Kyle Lograsso

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Kyle Lograsso

September 17, 2007

Kyle Lograsso