By P.J. Harmer — Rattling Chains staff
Life’s good for Denise Cameron.
The key word in that sentence? Life.
The 28-year-old resident of Syracuse, New York, is living life the way she wants. She’s less than a year from getting her college degree. There’s an awesome internship set up for the summer.
Denise Cameron has overcome a lot in the past year, but she’s kept an upbeat attitude throughout. (photo by Dan Traub)
Then there’s disc golf. Oh, is there disc golf. She’s coming off one of the best seasons she’s ever had. And, heck, just to throw things into another orbit, she’s even dating 2010 PDGA world champion Eric McCabe.
Life’s grand, it seems, for Cameron.
But if not for things working out in a crazy way, all of this may never have happened.
See, on Feb. 4, 2012, two days after her 27th birthday, Cameron suffered a brain aneurysm. And if not for everything lining up just right, the situation may have not worked out so well for her.
Despite being young and active, this health issue ran in her family. Her mother died at 51 from a massive aneurysm.
Active in the Central New York disc golf scene, Cameron said she started playing in 2004 or 2005, when she still lived in Florida. She moved to New York in 2008 and continued playing.
Central New York, specifically the Syracuse area, is a pretty solid area to play the game. With plenty of courses and a lot of people, it’s rare to not find somebody playing.
“It was a fun thing to go into the woods and throw discs,” Cameron said.
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