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DR. MICHAEL COOPER Blog: August 2012 Golf and the 2016 Olympics I hope you are watching and enjoying the London 2012 Olympic Games. If you are, then I am sure…

DR. MICHAEL COOPER Blog: August 2013 “Unfinished Business” August 2, 2013 ended my tenure with the World Golf Foundation and The First Tee. Although the date halted my lifelong career…

DR. MICHAEL COOPER Blog: September 2013 “Advocates Pro Tour” For the second time in four years, Joshua Wooding of Riverside, CA defeated Vincent Johnson of Portland, OR in a playoff…

DR. MICHAEL COOPER Blog: November 2013 “Diversity Leads To Change” Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist, said: “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all…

DR. MICHAEL COOPER December-February 2013 Blog: “Purposeful Celebration” We all have a pet project, organizations, and/or events we are passionately involved with. This month I’d like to invite you to…

DR. MICHAEL COOPER March 2014 “Where The Pros Play” On the weekend of March 15-16, 2014 the PGA Tour plays the legendary Copperhead Golf Course, at Innisbrook Resort in Palm…

JESSIE BROOKS Blog: June/July/August 2013 “Traveling Golfer” Today three words come to mind as I write about some golf courses I have played in the past. The three words are…

JESSIE BROOKS Blog: November/December 2013 “Traveling Golfer” Bethel Resort Inn Celebrates 100 Years Bethel Inn and Resort located in Western Maine, 70 miles west of Portland, Maine. The Resort opened…

HOWARD BANKHEAD Blog: November 2011 DEVELOP STEM THROUGH GOLF While reading an article written by Jesse Washington, AP National Writer in The Huntsville Times on Monday, October 24, 2011, edition…

HOWARD BANKHEAD Blog: December 2011 My View On The Future For Blacks In The World of Golf! Season’s Greetings All, In order for our children to have a fair chance…

HOWARD BANKHEAD Blog: January 2012 PUT GOD FIRST AND THE YOUTH WILL BE SAVED! As we know, to accomplish any significant goal requires the support and cooperation of others. I…

HOWARD BANKHEAD Blog: February 2012 One of the most important things we have to do as a nation is developing young minds and character. In order for numbers of black…