He is probably the only centenarian who regularly plays 18-hole rounds of golf. He’s used to going out on the course several times a week and his name is C.D. Madsen. Well, actually his name is Carroll Dwight, but since the former name sounds feminine to him (it’s used for both genders) he prefers to be called by his initials. The handsome gentleman is 100 years old, is American and lives in the town of Novato, California.
Madsen takes his clubs out to work four times a week at Martin Country Club, and says golf is a big reason he’s still going strong.“I want to burn out, not rust out,” he said in an interview with CBS Television Network.
This long-lived golfer began his love affair with golf 55 years ago. He took a lesson and was surprised at how well he did on his first try. Eventually he went on to have an 11 handicap.
Originally from Minnesota, Madsen moved to Sausalito in 1924 before the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges were erected. He is aveteran of World War II and worked for a quarter century as a contractor. He was married and has one son.
Hisinitials CD are engraved on a plaque near the 16th hole of the Martin Country Club to commemorate the the only hole-in-one he has ever made in his life. And he did it at the age of 99!
“It’s a miracle the damn ball went in the hole,” Madsen, who holed a 6-iron from 108 yards, commented at the time. “I was surprised, and everyone else was surprised, too.”
Madsen attributes it to luck, not skill. He is convinced that the same luck saved his life four days before his 100th birthday when he fell and hit his head, suffering a hematoma. birthday when he fell and hit his head, suffering a hematoma.
Madsen says he was routinely playing below 100 strokes before his fall, but after he got out of the hospital his game has suffered a bit.
“I do about 100 now,” he noted with a little disappointment in his voice.
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