Age Is Just A Number, Especially When It Comes To Pickleball
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Take a bike ride through Central Park and find out which one APP Pro Susannah Barr is, in this segment of Off the Court with APP hosted by Deborah Lew .
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Goal Getter
In December of 2023 Chris Haworth put on record that his New Year’s resolution for 2024 was to win a gold medal, something he hadn’t done before in professional pickleball.
He didn’t have to wait long.
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At the 2024 APP Punta Gorda Open, Haworth won the men’s pro singles title and voilà: 21 days into January - gold medal. He followed that up with a gold in Delray Beach, and then another in New York just last month, in addition to winning a bronze in Sacramento, all in singles. Halfway through the year, for someone to have achieved their New Year’s resolution three times over is perhaps an indication that things are going well.
A year ago at this time, Haworth was working as the director of a tennis academy near his home in Oklahoma City. He was working with competitive junior tennis players who were playing national tournaments en route to getting college scholarships. This was a natural fit for Haworth, who was a standout junior tennis player in his own right. At one point, Haworth was ranked sixth in the nation amongst players 18 and under. He went on to play tennis at Oklahoma State for three years before deciding to sit out his senior year. After graduation, he played pro tennis for about a year-and-a-half, and despite winning a low-level pro tournament, wasn’t doing well enough to make it worth continuing.
Read more on Chris Haworth's story from Deborah Lew .
The APP Women's Open Presented By The James Is Open For Registration
Player registration is now open for the APP Women’s Open presented by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute , our all-new Signature Event exclusively for women.
Be part of history and register today.
Learning From A Legend
Joyce Jones learned how to play pickleball over 40 years ago from the original creator of the sport!
Now, at age 94, she is still hitting the courts and sharing her love of the game. Check out this edition of Pickleball Stories by AARP .