On Thursday, Sept. 3, The Center for Rehabilitation Medicine

of Emory Hospital is sponsoring their fourth annual Golf

Challenge and second annual Tennis Challenge. The golf

tournament will be played at The Orchard in Clarkesville, GA while the

tennis challenge will be played at The Standard Club in Duluth,

GA. The "challenge" in the Emory Challenge is not just for

players with disabilities but also for participants who think that

those players could not measure up to unimpaired athletes.

The Emory Challenge pairs up players who are physically

challenged with players who are only challenged by the game of

golf itself. The tournament is a fund-raising event to benefit the

Center for Rehabilitation Medicine and proceeds from this

year's tournament are going towards buying a van.

Fayetteville resident Carl Davis is playing in the tournament

this year. He is a manager at Delta who lost his leg in a car

accident several years ago and now has a prosthetic leg.

"I don't hit the ball as far as I used to," Davis says. "But I

do hit the ball straighter than I used to. I used to have a wicked slice."

He has played many of the courses in Fayette County

including Whitewater, Braelinn and Flat Creek but has never played

with any other physically challenged players. " Most of my friends

are just mentally challenged." he countered.

The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 11:00 a.m.

and will run until approximately 4:00 p.m. The day will culminate

with a million dollar shoot-out, which Davis is hoping to win.

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