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[jamesbei]

Isnt this the exact same injury Danny Cipriani has atm, Rugby Fans anyone??

[trageserk]

Thanks, it was a pretty big hit I took, I went from being crouched over, head down to having my back and legs parallel to the ground 3-4 feet up. How's your ankle doing? I hope everything is going well with physical therapy and the recovery. Can you play golf or do anything golf related with the injury?

[Ben]

Can you play golf or do anything golf related with the injury?

Just chip and putt at this point. Tried two full swings today. Just really hesitant to get through impact and over to the left. Quite tender. I'll try a few more swings in a few weeks or so...

[trrbende]

Sorry to hear about the injury, expecially since I know how it feel when you are not able to play golf due to an injury. I had a head injury my freshman year of high school in May just as the weather was finally starting to get better. I felt like I could play, but my doctor told me the most he wanted me doing was putting. It was horrible spending all day on the putting green as I watched all of my friends play. I was finally released to play though and as soon as my full swing came back I was able to outplay almost all of my friends.

Just hang in and keep working on the short game.

[Ben]

Its official. I went to my surgeon's this morning for a checkup and some Xrays. I'm 100%. I'm allowed to walk, run, bike, and most importantly, GOLF! What was initially slated as a nine month road to recovery, took me only nine weeks. I am still going to physical therapy as I don't have full range of motion or strength back, but, I'm pretty close.

I took some pictures of my Xrays this time. You can see the extent of what I've got in there. My surgeon says he'd want to take out the plate, but only in the instance where I want to due to discomfort. Haven't experienced anything like that yet, but, I don't really know what "discomfort" would feel like.

[Dent]

Its official. I went to my surgeon's this morning for a checkup and some Xrays. I'm 100%. I'm allowed to walk, run, bike, and most importantly, GOLF! What was initially slated as a nine month road to recovery, took me only nine weeks. I am still going to physical therapy as I don't have full range of motion or strength back, but, I'm pretty close.

Even though your doctor says you can golf, are you still going to take it a little easy? Maybe even play like a short 9 hole course with a cart. I'm sure that will be still great for you.

I bet it killed you to see your clubs and then knowing you couldn't golf?

[Ben]

He said I can play as hard as I want. But it is still a bit tender, so yes, I will take it a little bit easy on the thing. And I will definitley be in a cart. I am scheduling my first come-back tournament for June 30th. I few Mondays away.

[Dent]

He said I can play as hard as I want. But it is still a bit tender, so yes, I will take it a little bit easy on the thing. And I will definitley be in a cart. I am scheduling my first come-back tournament for June 30th. I few Mondays away.

Great to hear! Now the biggest challenge: "Can you still keep your handicap where it was?"

or better yet: "Can you still golf?"

[Ben]

I'm going to be even better.

[CG031]

I'm going to be even better.

Good luck. If I could somehow get to a scratch player I'd be satisfied, lol. I've only been playing for two years so I still have a chance.

[Mully]

That's the right attitude. If you've been practicing your chipping and putting all the time, then you're probably right.

[Dent]

Good luck. If I could somehow get to a scratch player I'd be satisfied, lol. I've only been playing for two years so I still have a chance.

Your 16 right? Hell you've got a good 20 years to do it.

[Shindig]

He said I can play as hard as I want. But it is still a bit tender, so yes, I will take it a little bit easy on the thing. And I will definitely be in a cart. I am scheduling my first come-back tournament for June 30th. I few Mondays away.

Too bad it's the first Monday of my summer job, otherwise I'd offer to caddy

Seriously, welcome back off the disabled list. I'm very glad to hear of your recovery!

[Ben]

I could use a caddy too! Dang!

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.

You'll all be happy (or jealous) to know that I played 18 today and shot 4 over. Felt like I had very little control of my shots, was just kinda taking wild swings. But all that putting and chipping practice really paid off. It's like I didn't even skip a beat with that stuff.

[Dent]

I could use a caddy too! Dang!

More jealous than happy.

Did you double bogey the first hole like Tiger did? very glad to hear your starting to get ontop of your game.

[Shindig]

I could use a caddy too! Dang!

Dude that's awesome. The injury may have turned out well for you, since that long game is coming back under control before too long.

[JaY_B]

Nice to have you back Ben :)

[iacas]

I could use a caddy too! Dang!

I'll be in Oceanside on the 30th or I'd volunteer. Aww shucks.