ADDIE MEINERS EXPLAINS, THERE WILL ALSO BE VETERANS JOINING IN ON THE GOLF ACTION. ACTUALLY, SAW SAW AN AD THAT SAID FREE GOLF LESSONS FOR VETERANS. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, HMM, LET ME GO CHECK THIS OUT. NOW. ROSS COLEMAN, A RETIRED MARINE, GETS TO ENJOY THE FUN OF GOLF
WHILE HANGING OUT WITH OTHER MILITARYRY VETS THROUGH PGA HOP, WHICH STANDS FOR HELPING OUR PATRIOTS EVERYWHERE. I KNOW HOW IT WAS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND. THEN TRYING TO DISCOVER HOW TO GET BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN LIFE WASN’T. EASY. SO PGA HOPE’S BEEN A GODSEND FOR ME.
IT’S A FREE PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL ACTIVE DUTY OR VETERANS OF ANY BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. PGA HOPE CONNECTS MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH A GOLF PRO AND WITH A COMMUNITY. YOU GET TO LEARN LONG BALL CHIPPING AND PITCHING AND PUTTING. SO THEY BREAEAK IT INTO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN CLUBS. WE HAVE CLUBS FOR YOU. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIS PGA HOPE LESSONS, RETIRED AIR FORCE VETERAN SKIP CESSNA SAYS HE NOW PLAYS REGULARLY WITH OTHER PGA HOPE MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH. COLEMAN IS ONE OF THEM. IT’S ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. UH, I THINK WE HAVE NINE
SESSIONS NOW THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HAVE SOME PRIDE IN BELONGING AND SOMETHING SO BEING IN THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE A BROTHERHOOD. IT’S ALMOST LIKE A FRATERNITY. COLEMAN AND CESSNA ARE GETTING TO REPRESENT KENTUCKY IN THE PGA HOPE’S ANNUAL SECRETARY’S CUP GOLF SCRAMBLE.
IT BRINGS TOGETHER 12 PGA HOPE TEAMS. FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE DURING THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY OF COURSE YOU KNOW WANTS TO WIN. BUT I THINK MOST OF ALL IT’S THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW VETERANS CAN GET TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT HELPS. THAT HELPS A LOT.
AND YOU END UP MAKING A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE PGA HOPES SECRETARIES CUT WILL BE PLAYED HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE’S GOLF COURSE ON MAY 13TH FROM
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