Boy from Shantytown Hailed as a Future Golf Star

Argentine Golf Prodigy Dylan Reales Learned to Play With Broken Broomstick (Golf)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) --- Dylan Reales started learning to play golf by swinging a broken broomstick at fruit and vegetables discarded at a temporary market in front of his house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires.

Tomatoes, onions and even crushed cigarette packages were his first make-believe golf balls.

"I began hitting everything I came across on the street," he said.

He's only 11, but's he's progressed in giant steps in just a few years, establishing himself as a regular on the local junior golf circuit.