Posted: Jun 9, 2026 / 09:09 AM CDT Updated: Jun 9, 2026 / 09:09 AM CDT Serving as a golf professional and a secretary for the Illinois PGA, Jamie Nieto’s day-to-day revolves around the game of golf, a game that was almost taken away from him. “I remember walking to the ambulance, looking at my hands, going, ‘How am I going to hold a golf club? Not, “Hey, am I going to live?’ It was, “How am I going to put a club back in my hands?,” Nieto recalls.