Alumnus, 高尔夫大师 Helps Kids Grow at SPC

在…的领导下  U.S. GOLF TEACHERS FEDERATION MASTER GOLF TEACHER, ST. PHILIP'S COLLEGE ENHANCES ITS 2018 KID'S CAMP WITH GOLF LESSONS---AND COURSE TIME

为期10周的St. 菲利普的大学 KIDS' CAMP with Microsociety underway through Aug. 10 announced today that the college will offer campers golf lessons and a day on the links at the end of the camp under the leadership of a U.S. Golf Teachers Federation 高尔夫大师.

圣. 菲利普的大学 offerings of summer camps for all ages did not advertise golf lessons from a golf master teacher who's a CEO, and the only time the college hits the links is for its Annual Scholarship Golf Tournaments. But lessons under an expert who is a CEO were added and the kids have been learning something new to do with the help of1987 college alumnus and  圣安东尼奥 Junior Golf Association CEO Larry Whitfield ---the original consultant to the fundraising golf tourney that has celebrated the art of giving back at St. 菲利普的大学 since 2018 when most of today's campers were infants.

The kids Whitfield is helping waited patiently for their turns at their second or third lessons in golf on campus 30 days ago. At that time, Whitfield began his day on campus at 7:30 a.m., transforming campus facilities into golfable zones, mostly in and around the 120-year-old college's 70 year-old Fitness Center building that is familiar to Whitfield as he is an outstanding St. 菲利普学院烹饪艺术校友.

"I set up a driving range inside the gym. 我还要孩子们推杆. I was planning to travel to Las Vegas to provide golf classes for kids this summer, 但我和圣. 菲利普的大学---and Ella Austin 社区 center on Tuesdays---for a few weeks," Whitfield said.

Then the master golf teacher got great news.

“夏令营希望我的孩子们继续打高尔夫. We will actually visit a golf course to golf, taking the lessons from the campus to the course,惠特菲尔德说.

“我在圣. 菲利普的大学 every Monday and Wednesday until the end of the camp in mid-August, from 8-10:30 a.m. Some of the kids at the camp have the raw talent. 他们有天赋. "Their attitude is 'This is something I can participate in.“我有我的U.S. Golf Teachers Federation Master Golf Teaching professional certification and I have my federation psychological certification for playing golf, 来帮助我教的孩子们. Golf, it's 70 percent up here in the head, and you only open that door at certain times. 我喜欢比赛和挑战. To see these kids… some can't hit the ball two feet… and they realize this is a humbling sport. 但是孩子们真的很喜欢. They will go to a golf course the last week of camp, 这样, they get a feel for what they are practicing for here,惠特菲尔德说.

Parents are encouraged to contact the camp team for updates on current and surprise programs their kids might be interested in spending time with this summer. For details on the 10-week camp with open enrollment underway through Aug. 10、在线访问营地网址 孩子们的夏令营. (图片由SPC | 7月sa Sosa提供)