Photo essay: Ken Green's battle to return to golf

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Daniel Newcomb/Special to PGATOUR.COM

Ken Green saw his world thrown upside down on June 8 when the RV he was traveling in on Interstate 20 near Hickory, Miss., blew a tire and veered off the highway, down a hill and smacked head-on into a tree. Green's brother and caddy, Billy; his girlfriend, Jeanne Hodgin; and his German Shepherd, Nip, were all killed. Green somehow survived the wreckage -- he thinks because he was in the back of the RV when the tire blew.

Less than two weeks after the accident, Green had to make an incredibly difficult decision. Doctors told him his right leg was so damaged, he was probably looking at multiple surgeries over the next few years and the leg still wouldn't work properly. "Can I play golf with this leg?" Green asked the doctors. When told no, Green didn't hesitate. "Then cut it off," he said. "Because I'm playing golf again." NEXT >