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Lane becomes first cart
using Australian
Nigel Lane will make Australian
golf history on Thursday when he becomes the first person to play an Australasian
tour event using a golf cart.
The 31-year-old Queenslander has been battling a mystery foot and back problem
which has blocked his path to the main Australasian PGA tour for the past two
years.
But after pre-qualifying
yesterday for a place in the field for the season-ending Tour Championship at
Royal Canberra, PGA officials gave Lane the all-clear to use a cart this week.
The decision heads off
potential legal action against the tour, and follows the famous case in the United
States where Casey Martin was allowed to use a cart on tour.
Lane will have his work
cut out around the tight Royal Canberra layout, where New Zealander Michael Campbell
wants to cement his position as the best golfer on the Australasian tour with
a victory and a record $1 million in prizemoney in one season.
Campbell arrived in Canberra
late today after his first-round defeat in the World Matchplay in California
against world number one Tiger Woods.
For Lane, this week's event
gives him hope of building a career on the main tour, although officials stressed
the decision to allow a cart on the course was under continued review.
He has been fighting to
play in a cart since the 1998 Coolum Classic.
"Without it I can't get
around," Lane said.
"On a really good day,
I could force myself to get around, but I couldn't guarantee I could stand up
the next day."
