Golfer celebrates 100th birthday on the links
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Evelyn Haesloop celebrated her 100th birthday doing one of the things she loves - golfing. "I'm just glad that I'm able to be out here," Haesloop said.Her birthday round of golf was also a fundraiser for her favorite charity, Rising Tides, affiliated with her church, Covenant Presbyterian Church."It's an after-school program for kids that are downtown," Haesloop said."Besides the fact that she's one hundred, and she is the nicest person you've ever met, she's a darn good golfer," said Sandi Iverson of Long Beach. "She broke 100 five times last year on an 18-hole course."Haesloop said that she plays golf twice a week and hasn't let the COVID-19 pandemic get her down."I haven't let i...
02.13.21 | 01:42 | CC
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