If I want to play in the NBA, I can now file a claim that, being vertically and chronologically challenged, I should be allowed the use of a small trampoline, strategically placed close enough to the goal to allow me to slam dunk a basketball, and being somewhat older than the average NBA player, I shouldn't have to run up and down the full length of the court, since the court ruled that the walking requirement in golf was to insert an element of fatigue into the game. I would get fatigued enough just watching those young players running the floor. Should I decide that I wanted to make my mark in track and field, and being somewhat slower and older than the average sprinter, I should be allowed a motorcycle in the 100 meter race. I am not opposed to anyone with what they consider disabilities participating in sports, whether among a group of his peers or in an all out all comers event, but if a competitor chooses to enter that all comers event, such as a PGA tour event, he had better be prepared to follow the rules as laid out for the rest of those in the competition. Anyone who has the ability, and the desire and funding, can join the PGA tour.
Overcoming adversity is what sets the true champion apart from the competition.
Many gave him no chance of walking again, let alone playing on the PGA tour. He went on to win many major tournaments in his long and illustrious career as a golfer, and became one of the most revered players in golfing history. The thought of asking the courts to allow him to use a motorized cart was probably as far from Hogan's mind as believing that he would not play the game again. I am sure he played in great pain on more than one occasion, but he continued to play by the rules. Ben Hogan is but one example of sports figures that have overcome adversities to go on to become stars in their chosen sport, and if the desire to overcome adversity is not within a competitor, the Supreme Court, by their recent decision, is allowing those lacking in that quality to compete against the memories of heroes of sports such as Hogan.