Gerry Nelson: IBGA Director
Canada
IBGA Director, Gerry, retired from his position as a provincial Client Service Co. with Canada's National Institute for the Blind in October 2021, was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan on November 9th, 1963.
At the age of six he was diagnosed with diabetes and became blind at the age of twenty-five.
He is a provincial, Western Canadian, Canadian Open, and U.S. Open Blind Golf Champion and has taken part in tournaments in England, Ireland, Scotland, Japan, and the United States.
He is a past-president and current vice-president of the Western Canadian Blind Golf Association and is in his second term as President of Blind Golf Canada. He is also in his second term as a Director on the Board of the IBGA.
SEE INTERVIEW WITH GERRY NELSON