Welcome to this episode of The Wild Golf Podcast.  I am your host Michael McDonald.   My guest this week is Jim Gales, MBE.  Jim is a three time Open champion, Canadian Open champion and founder and chair of Scottish Disability Golf & Curling. He is also an international curler; some would say he is a curling mercenary.  Like Jim’s mother, Jim is blind.  We follow Jim’s journey as an only child losing his parents at a relatively young age, to taking up golf and curling, and developing into an elite athlete at both while at the same time founding and running the biggest disability golf charity in Scotland with well over 1000 members all over the world.  Yet, to my surprise, the SDGC receives absolutely no funding from the R&A, the home of golf in Scotland .  If you are able to donate, please visit the SDGC website referenced in the show notes.  Jim has a wonderful sense of humour and I hope to have a beer with him after a game of golf in Scotland in the not too distant future.   I hope you enjoy this discussion with Jim as much as I did.  You can find out more about the SDGC on its website (https://scottishdgc.org.u) and you can follow the SDGC on Twitter (@thesdgc ). If you like this episode, please tell your friends and leave a review on your favourite podcasting service.  Please also follow us on Instagram (@wild_golf_podcast), Twitter (@wildgolfpodcast) and Facebook (Wild Golf Podcast).