The Fightmaster Cup

For the first time ever, one-armed golf champions from North America will square off against their International counterparts in a Ryder Cup formatted competition. These 12-man teams of highly competitive golfers will play for three days at The Cardinal Club, located just outside of Louisville. Admittance to the competition is The Cup 2008 pin, which can be purchased at area Meijer stores, select retailers in the community or at the gate.

The North American One Armed Golfers Association http://www.naoaga.com and the Glasgow, United Kingdom-based Society of One-Armed Golfers annually hold numerous tournaments for members, including season-ending championships. Both organizations are gearing up to select their players for the 2008 Fightmaster Cup.

The competition is named for Louisville's own Don Fightmaster, an internationally known, one-arm golf master who has inspired countless numbers of young men and women with permanent disabilities to take up the game of golf. Fightmaster lost his left arm in an accident in 1954 and since has won numerous national and international championships for one-armed golfers. He also founded a charity golf tournament that over a span of 25 years raised nearly $1 million for children's charities. Now the annual Fightmaster Golf Outing pairs physically and mentally challenged children with junior golfers from Louisville-area high schools for a day of golfing fun.
Directions to the Cardinal Club:
From downtown Louisville:
Take I-64 East towards Lexington. Take exit 28, the Simpsonville - Veechdale Road Exit. Turn left (North) off of exit. Continue north approximately 1 mile until you reach the traffic light at US 60 (Shelbyville Road.) Turn LEFT on US 60 and proceed 1 mile west, you will turn left in to the Cardinal Club Estates subdivision marked by a stone signature wall with our logo. Follow that road, Champions Way, and turn right at your second stop sign on to Clubhouse Drive!
From the Louisville Airport:
I-264 East to I-64 East. Take exit 28, the Simpsonville - Veechdale Road exit, turn left off of exit. Follow that road straight until the traffic light. Then turn left on to US-60 (Shelbyville Road.) Follow that for about 1 mile, you will turn left in to the Cardinal Club Estates subdivision marked by a stone signature wall with our logo. Follow that road, Champions Way, and turn right at your second stop sign on to Clubhouse Drive!
From Frankfort, Lexington or points east:
Take I-64 west to exit 28 Simpsonville, turn right off of ramp. Take that road straight until the traffic light. Turn left on to US-60, follow that for about 1 mile. Turn left in to the Cardinal Club Estates subdivision marked by a stone signature wall with our logo. Follow that road, Champions Way, and turn right at your second stop sign on to Clubhouse Drive!

A special thanks to R&R Limo for their hospitality and services!

Scott Lusk (left) and Alan Gentry (right) posed with 2008 US Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. Lusk and Gentry are president and immediate past president, respectively, of the North American One-Armed Golfer's Association (NAOAGA) and were instrumental in founding the organization. The inaugural Fightmaster Cup will pit players from NAOAGO against their European counterparts from The Society of One-Armed Golfers.