No legs, no problem | Schoolboy born without legs inspires at golf tourney

The young golfer says playing the game gives him "a good feeling”. 

“The sport is like fun,” he said in an interview after helping Jamaica College to a commendable third-placed finish.

With the aid of his teammates, Fraser gets around the 18-hole golf course with minimum fuss, which has enabled him to concentrate on the tenets of the sport.

"I am good at putting,” said the 13-year-old eighth grader, who also enjoys competitive swimming and playing volleyball; and aspires to represent Jamaica in the Paralympics later this year in Tokyo, Japan.

Fraser’s coach Sean Green describes the Olympic Gardens resident as “a multitalented athlete” and enjoys working with his protégé, whose attitude also speaks volumes.

"I got Alex Fraser last year November when I took over…the Jamaica College junior programme.  Since then he's stayed interested in the game and the truth is Alex is a multitalented athlete and he just stuck with the game and he was determined to get better and better and he's improved right across the weeks and he will continue to improve.  We are also trying to work on getting him into the Paralympics and working on different aspects of his game that we can get him moving forward and really dominate where he is.  His hand-eye-coordination is unbelievable and hand power, his swing of the golf club is a little less than half of everybody else is using, and he is hitting the golf ball just as long as some of the other kids.

"I try and find different ways, what I will do I will go down on my knees to see what angles are better for him and to try and work out angles with him and then every week in practice, we practice the different angles where he will come into the golf ball with the different clubs, with his driver, with his wedges, all of the different clubs require a different angle.  Alex is a fast learner.  He actually does well and focuses and practices all the time,” said Green.

"Alex's field is unbelievable so putting for Alex is probably the easiest facet of the game for him.  He adapted well to the spot and he loves it and will continue to grow in it and that is the direction I see him going in,” the coach added.

"When I got him he was a part of the development programme and I essentially right away pulled him forward from development to the reserves and now we are actually at a state where he's played for the team and competing well.  Alex loves the game.  He is committed to doing well.  I check up his grades.  I stay in touch with my players.  Alex and I have a different bond, a different relationship that we try and work on."
Continued Green: "We are pushing for it and we are trying to do everything to move Alex forward… He doesn't give up an anything.  He will always try his best to get out there and do whatever he can do."

"Alex has no legs. Alex is using his arm strength and he was born that way but that never bothered him one bit, still doesn't bother him and he make the best of what he has.  That's the important thing, he always makes the most of his opportunity and what he has.

"Alex plays from a little bit of the forward tees obviously because of the disadvantage he has but Alex plays to about a true eleven to fifteen handicap."

"I expect the highest for Alex to be honest with you.  I don't see where he will stop playing this game.  I don't see where he will stop playing any sport but I see where Alex will go forward with golf, swimming, volleyball, anything he sets his mind to he will do well at it."