A seven-year-old golf champ uses the sport to battle cystic fibrosis - and is competing internationally despite taking 50 tablets a day.<br /><br />Fraizer Harris took up golf nearly three years ago, during the first lockdown, after his dad Jermaine, 34, got him into the sport.<br /><br />Dad-of-two Jermaine spotted the toddler's aptitude at teeing off from the moment he picked up a toy golf club.<br /><br />He then got a junior golf club and some putts for the garden in Caerphilly, near Cardiff.<br /><br />The pair enjoy watching golf vids together and Fraizer idolises Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.<br /><br />Last year Fraizer came sixth out of 30 kids at the European Championships, in East Lothian, Scotland.<br /><br />He also took part in the U.S Kids' World Golf Championships in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and will compete in both of those later this year.<br /><br />Fraizer will also compete in Wales, south west England and was nominated for Principality Child of Wales Awards on March 24, at Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff.<br /><br />Jermaine said: "I'm quite busy but play to a decent standard.<br /><br />"When Fraizer was a toddler he messed around with plastic clubs.<br /><br />"In the first lockdown we were in the garden all the time and I noticed he had a good swing.<br /><br />"He was hitting the ball every time.<br /><br />"We ordered him some junior clubs and put putts down.<br /><br />"One evening he saw me watching the golf championships on TV and he said 'I want to do that'."<br /><br />Fraizer has lessons twice a week and practices at home every evening.<br /><br />In the summer he practices at a golf course twice a week.<br /><br />Golf helps manage cystic fibrosis due to the benefits of exercise and fresh air.<br /><br />He has to wear a physiotherapy mask to clear his lungs before teeing off.<br /><br />Jermaine said: "He practices every day as much as his health permits.<br /><br />"This year we have two U.S kids' competitions and one in south west England and one in Wales.<br /><br />"In the European championships in Scotland last year he came sixth out of 30 and was the youngest in his age range.<br /><br />"It's about having as normal a life as possible.<br /><br />"We are so proud of him.<br /><br />"He's overcome so much.<br /><br />"The treatment has moved on so much from when he was born when the average life expectancy was 37.<br /><br />"We were told it would impact his chest and lungs, and he would struggle to put on weight.<br /><br />"He goes to a mainstream school."
