Deaf Golfer Placed 1st at Hooters Golf Tour

The sweet smell of victory. I'm surprised this story hasn't made rounds where Kevin Hall, who lost his hearing at age 2, who is deaf won his first pro golf tournament.

Kevin Hall (Cincinnati, OH) carded a six-under par 66 in the final round of The Hooters Tour’s Bridgestone Winter Series over the 7113 yard, par 72 Forest Lake golf club to garner his first victory of the season.

Kevin Hall finished exceptionally well finishing first. But there's a double irony to all this. The media didn't report this plus the Deaf community, known for their rabid interest in Deaf sports (except this isn't about Deaf sports in the first place), failed to make this known about Kevin's first major golf victory.

Hall finished four strokes ahead of his nearest competitors in an event on the Hooters Pro Golf Tour, a proving ground for men who want to one day play on the PGA Tour, the major league of professional golf.

So far, Kevin Hall has earned $24,296 in the 2007 Hooters Winner Series Professional Tour earning him 2nd place as the money leader. Looks like Kevin is well on his way proving that he's of a pro golf caliber.

BTW, the picture at the top? It's a picture of Cristie Kerr who won the women's Longs Drugs Challenge golf tournament in April of 2002 where she is seen kissing her crystal glass golf award. Note the golf ball at the tip of the glass crystal award.