KADIN GIBSON: IN PURSUIT OF A CAREER IN GOLF “It remains a dream,” admits Kadin, who is a lefthanded golfer. Kadin graduated from Franklin Community High School, where he played on the varsity golf team and was the number-one golfer on the team, coached by the legendary Ted Bishop. He is heading to Vincennes University to study business management and play on the men’s golf team, under head coach Dennis Chattin. This summer, Kadin has been busy playing tournaments in Indiana. He qualified for his third consecutive Indiana Open, held at The Pete Dye Course in French Lick, but didn’t make the cut. He competed in the Boys Junior PGA Championship at the Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru, shot 75-77 and finished tied for 35th place. In the IGA Match Play at the Ackerman-Allen course at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Club, he shot 81 and failed qualify for the match play portion. At the Indiana Junior Masters at the Broadmoor Club in Indianapolis, he rebounded and fired two rounds of 72-72 to finish seventh. Last month, he finished in a By Mike May As a golfer, Kadin Gibson, 18, has plans to work in the golf industry, just like his father Eric, who is a sales representative for Tour Edge Golf. But, for right now, Kadin is immersed in just being a golfer albeit a very good golfer, currently sporting a +1 handicap, playing out of the Legends Golf Club in Franklin. He doesn’t rule out playing professional golf for a living. Indiana Golf Journal
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