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Tour Players WOW Kids at Memorial Tournament and Buckeye Camp Deaf Golf Camp
From 185 yards Tiger Woods stood over his approach shot. He was playing the 18th hole of Muirfield Village Golf Club in the Pro-Am of The Memorial Tournament. Standing "pin high" in the gallery, the students from the Ohio School for the Deaf were getting a first hand look at the worlds #1 golfer. All eyes were fixed on his swing and the kids pointed at the ball as it soared toward the flag. Landing 5 feet behind the hole, the ball took one hop, checked up, and slowly rolled back down the slope. Rob was standing with event sponsor, President of Wheaton Worldwide Moving Steve Burns, and as the ball rolled back he turned to Mr. Burns and casually said, "It's gonna go in." For what seemed an eternity the ball inched down the hill, finally going dead center into the hole for an eagle two on the par four. The crowd around the green erupted into a huge roar and the kids showed their enthusiasm by waving their hands in the air to salute a great golf shot. This was a storybook ending to the day for the students since it was time to get back to the bus. The morning started at the Country Club, just across the street from the host course for the tournament. Touring Professional Golfers from the PGA Tour, Stuart Appleby of Australia and Robert Garrigus of Oregon, were the guests of the United States Deaf Golf Camps and did a private clinic for the kids. The highlights were Appleby demonstrating how to use the Leaderboard product that is used in all the camps and that he uses everyday for training; and Garrigus being requested by the kids to do an imitation of Happy Gilmore. Garriugus, who wow'd the kids with consistent over 300 yard tee shots, proceed to hit the ball 200 yards forward and 100 yards offline! When the clinic was done, Rob spent 2 hours individually teaching the kids the fundamentals and how to swing. Lunch, was then followed by a trip across the street to the tournament course where the new deaf golfers immediately saw Adam Scott birdie the 16th hole. They received a guided tour by Rob of the clubhouse area and got to meet PGA Tour Rules Official Dillard Pruitt. He graciously answered every question and gave the kids PGA Tour lapel pins. After that visit was finished was when the group ran into Tiger coming up the 18th fairway. The timing was as perfect as the swing Tiger put on the ball and the memory of seeing a great shot by the best player on the planet made the day for the Ohio Deaf School youth.
Buckeye Camp on PGA Tour Joins Schedule for 2007
Recently the Ohio School for the Deaf approached Rob about having a camp setup for their kids. The school, located in Columbus, is near the Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in suburban Dublin. Last year, Deaf Touring Professional Golfer and Ohio State graduate Kevin Hall was invited via exemption to compete in the tournament. Rob spent the week with Kevin at the event and made several friends on the tournament committee and staff. So, when the opportunity to have a camp in Columbus suddenly materialized Rob knew who to contact. Working closely with Tournment Director Dan Sullivan, Rob was able to work out the details of the first Buckeye Deaf Golf Camp at the Memorial Tournament. The event, to be held across the street at Muirfield Village Country Club, will bring 25 students from the school to the course to attend a private clinic with four PGA Tour players. When that session is finished, the kids will get private golf instruction from Rob in a typical camps setting. The lunch break will signal a change in the day as the students move across the street to the golf club where the best players in the world will be preparing to compete in one of the best tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule. They will get a tour of the facility from Rob and see first hand what happens on the PGA Tour from week to week. Visit here in the next few weeks to see the list of players scheduled to attend the event.
Sports Illustrated Covers Steel City Deaf Golf Camp in Pittsburgh
Edgewood Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh was the host course for the first Steel City Deaf Golf Camp. Gary Van Sickle, a golf writer for Sports Illustrated, and local resident, was there to report first hand about the United States Deaf Golf Camps and the kids from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
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