This meticulous duo serves the community far and wide while providing access to high quality golf activities on demand
Find out how partners Jandi Smith Turner (left) and Debby Stroman(right) keep focused on their non-profit firm that offers a full spectrum of sports marketing services..
( Read the Summer 2005 issue.)
On May 17, 2007 The First Tee of Washington, DC, held its annual “For The Kids” golf classic with special invited guest and golf legend, icon Calvin Peete in attendance. Peete greeted guests and demonstrated his skills to the youth during the day that attracted dozens of youngsters from throughout the area.
Calvin Peete (center). with Jimmy Garvin(r), President, Langston Legacy Golf Course and Certified Instructor, John H. Coleman, USGTF, (l) helped the youth to enjoy the day by providing tips and instruction. (…read more in the Summer 2007 issue.)
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Scholarship Tournament winners were are all smiles after their team effort on May 22, 2004 at the Links on Madison Green, Royal Palm Beach. Fl. (…read more in the Fall 04 issue.)
Atlanta Chapter of 100 Black Men raised more than $150,000 in proceeds during their annual golf classic at the Golf Club of Georgia. The fundraiser benefits “Project Success”, a youth initiative aimed at helping participants develop academic, leadership and life skills. (…read more in the Summer 2005 issue)
Paula PearsonTucker is on the right track towards qualifying to play for the LPGA Tour and make a name for herself in golf.
The life that she leads is proof of her determination to overcome all odds while helping others who are less fortunate in her communit
(Read more in the Spring 2005 edition.)
PGA Pro, Scott Kennedy is an instructor of Golf Management at Southwestern Wisconsin Technical College is lucky to be flanked by hisGolden Knights Youth Porgram memebers.The two-day academy is held in Milwaukee and sponsored by the Grace Feelowship Church. The program provide students and parents with the rules of golf and evening session on careers and educational opportunities. (Read more in the Summer 2005 issue.)
Glenn Pratt owns the Minority Professional Golf Development Association and says, “African Americans watch white golfers play on TV, but they don’t compete against them.”
Pratt says this was what he was told by his family and community when he was growing up in Nassau, Bahamas. By age 20, he was Bahamas Nation Golf Champion and left to go to thUS to compete in professional golf. So, he grabbed his favorite golf gear, stuffed $400 into his pocket and left home to play the mini-tour circuit in the United States.
Today, the 41-year-old golfer is Founder and President of the Minority Professional Golf Development Association (MPGDA) and he is on a mission to help others compete at the professional level (…read more in the January 2004 issue)
(April 10, 1953- November 22, 2008)
Miller Park Golf Course – Omaha,Neb
Steve Hogan, a PGA member since 1997, is head professional at Miller Park Golf Course in Omaha, Neb., home of”Hogan’s Junior Golf Heroes,” one of the country’s most remarkable inner-city golf success stories. Hogan, 40, is the first Nebraska PGA Section member to win the PGA Junior Golf Leader Award, which is presented to a PGA Professional who demonstrates leadership in junior golf and reflects the ideals of those who work with youth.
Hogan, who attended Bellevue (Neb.) College for two years before turning professional in 1989, is a two-time (1999, 2002) Section PGA Junior Golf Leader Award winner. Among the many community service awards he has received are the 2001 Dr. Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award and the 1997 American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Award. He also received the 2003 Nebraska Hall of Fame’s Dr. Herbert H. Davis Memorial Award.
“When someone asks me where I went to college, I say The PGA of America,” said Hogan. “The PGA is my college. Being a golf professional is an ongoing education. For me to pass through Business School II was very hard. Thanks to my wife and kids, who quizzed me as I was studying, I made it. I have tried to instill in kids I meet that it is never too late to reach your dreams. I came off a tractor and I had dreams. You have to never give up on yourself and never quit working.”
Hogan and his lovely wife, Denett, are the parents of two children: Steve Jr. and Sierra.
You’ll have a lot of fun checking out this fellow golfer. And surprising, he’s a cousin of Today Show weatherman, Al Roker
Renny is on a mission to provide top quality lessons and playing time for kids, ages 10-17, at upscale resorts and golf courses. His Miramar, Florida-based organization has teams in over 30 cities. Discover how his program helps kids with their studies and fosters a professional attitude while they learn the rules and business of golf
More importantly, Teens on the Green works to insure that all members earn a scholarship to the college of their choice stemming from their commitment to the education and experience they received while participating in the program on and off the course. (…read more in the Summer 2003 issue.)
Dr. George Thomas understands why “It’s never too late.” According to Dr. Thomas, president of the Learning Academy which carries his name. Though his job was too consuming for him to take up golf, immediately upon his retirement from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1994, Thomas, now 74, started taking lessons.He’s cut his handicap down to an amazing 12. Thomas’ academy just hosted its 13th annual golf tournament in Silver Spring, MD, that benefits its tutoring and mentoring program for students of Montgomery County, the George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy.
It was an interview with Tiger Woods and being asked what he expected to do for the next fifty years, that pointed Jerome toward golf. Woods’ response was, “Play golf.” That’s when Jerome bought his son, Jairus, (then 18-months-old) a plastic golf club and started taking him to the public golf course to watch adults play the game,
Last year, Jairus, now seven, placed second in his home state of Maryland, fifth in Virginia, and took first place in Delaware and Pennsylvania. This qualified him to go to the world championships in North Carolina. He also discovered that his fourth cousin, a slave in the 1800, was a caddy and was inducted into the Caddy Hall of Fame. (…read more in the Summer 2007 issue.)
For 91 years, The PGA of America has made it a mission to promote the game of golf and elevate the role of the professional. On May 17th the Association took a new step forward to
enrich the lives of the nation’s Wounded Warriors. The PGA of America/Disabled Sports USA Military Golf Program laid the foundation for what officials believe is a new chapter in connecting golf with those who have served this country and paid a major sacrifice.
As part of the Association’s initiative, it has joined the America Supports You team, a Department of Defense program that highlights and recognizes citizens’ support for members of the U.S. Armed Services and their families.
(…read more in the Summer 2007 issue.)