Australian Cameron Pollard made his G4D Tour debut in December at the Australian All Abilities Championship @ the ISPS Handa Australian Open, where he finished in eighth place, ahead of our own Tommaso Perrino.
Cameron Pollard, results
Challenges have always been part of his life: suffering from autism spectrum disorders, knee problems that forced him to undergo surgery during his adolescence, finally a pathology that required the removal of a part of his intestine.
But Cameron, with the help of mother Kate, was able to overcome all this with a smile. He tells Kate that anything that doesn’t fit into the house-golf course routine can cause panic attacks in Cameron. “Even not finding the brand of his favorite drink causes him anguish… if he doesn’t have to go to golf, he prefers to stay at home”.
In 2016 Cameron made the Australian team at the Special Olympics Golf Masters in Macau, his first competition overseas. Getting on a plane wasn’t easy for him, Kate says but it was a turning point. “Yeah, I did it,” Cameron adds with a smile.
Cameron started playing golf as a child: his grandmother Jennifer gave him plastic sticks and his father Scott began to take him with him to the club. The lack of any social filter created many problems for Cameron. His mentor…
