ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida has countless golf courses and is the backdrop for high-profile competitions, but not everyone can play a traditional round of golf, and one new program is trying to make the game more accessible.

Everyone can golf at Orlando’s PGA TOUR Superstore.

Albert Gallof, who thought he’d never pick up another club after having a stroke, said the company’s adaptive golf program allowed him to revisit a game he thought would be impossible to return to.

“It gave hope, it really gave hope to me that I could do something that maybe I didn’t think I could do again,” he said.

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Nathan Freid, another golfer, is now training for the Special Olympics thanks to the program.

“I like how I can hit the ball and how I can experience golfing again,” he says.

Both Gallof and Freid are students of Jimmy Bell, the Head Golf Instructor at the PGA TOUR Superstore at 7603 Turkey Lake Rd., who has helped spearhead the company’s adaptive golf program. This program focuses on getting everyone on the green, no matter their abilities.

“If they’ve got a big smile, I’ve got a bigger smile. I love it,” Bell shares.

Bell uses his decades of expertise to figure out how these golfers can tee up with the help of unique equipment.

“Whatever I see, ‘Hey I got something that kind of works, so that’s exactly why this stuff was developed,” he told News 6 Reporter Stephanie Rodriguez while explaining the specialized and customizable equipment he uses with his athletes.

The program is about accessibility and getting more athletes involved, from former golfers like Gallof, who says, “For me, it was not just stamina but balance and being able to grip things because I have an issue with that and it’s just taking the things that are normal to you now, that weren’t before, and taking those things and working them into a process so you can do the things that you want to do,” to novices like Freid, who adds, “It’s amazing. I love golfing, it helps me focus more.”

Gallof encourages anyone interested to give it a swing.

“It just shows me that you can do things that you really didn’t think you could do before,” he said.

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