Registration
| Begins: | Jan 31, 2018 at 7:01 AM EST |
| Entry Deadline: | Apr 12, 2018 at 11:59 PM EDT |
| Entry Fee: | $20 |
| Field Size: | 30 players |
Education Topic: Teaching Individuals with Disabilities
Training on: PGA HOPE Golf Program for Military Veterans
Hosted by: Judy Alvarez, PGA
Date : Monday, April 16th at Pinehaven Country Club
567 Siver Road, Guilderland, NY 12084
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Cost: $20
MSR: 6 MSR Credits (Required Category)
Agenda:
8:00 – 8:15 am Registration
8:15 – 8:30 am Introductions and icebreaker
8:30 – 12:30 pm Indoor-training
12:30 –1:00 pm Lunch (could be a working lunch. To be determined late morning depending on time)
1:00 - 1:15 pm Transition to outside or indoor training center
1:15 – 3 :15 pm Two modules (Pro to Pro and Pro to student)
3:15 – 3:30 pm Wrap up
Register: Continental Breakfast will start at 8:00am
Inside the main clubhouse
About the Day: The purpose of the training program is to provide a comfortable first experience for military veterans and REACH’s military golf program. Includes both, classroom and hands on instruction learning.
Professionals attending this session will be eligible to participate as instructors (compensated) at the NENY PGA’s first HOPE chapter program starting this spring hosted at the Town of Colonie Golf Course.
This program is also a great opportunity for Professionals to be trained to teach all people with disabilities at their clubs.
Training on: PGA HOPE Golf Program for Military Veterans
Hosted by: Judy Alvarez, PGA
Date : Monday, April 16th at Pinehaven Country Club
567 Siver Road, Guilderland, NY 12084
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm
Cost: $20
MSR: 6 MSR Credits (Required Category)
Agenda:
8:00 – 8:15 am Registration
8:15 – 8:30 am Introductions and icebreaker
8:30 – 12:30 pm Indoor-training
12:30 –1:00 pm Lunch (could be a working lunch. To be determined late morning depending on time)
1:00 - 1:15 pm Transition to outside or indoor training center
1:15 – 3 :15 pm Two modules (Pro to Pro and Pro to student)
3:15 – 3:30 pm Wrap up
Register: Continental Breakfast will start at 8:00am
Inside the main clubhouse
About the Day: The purpose of the training program is to provide a comfortable first experience for military veterans and REACH’s military golf program. Includes both, classroom and hands on instruction learning.
Professionals attending this session will be eligible to participate as instructors (compensated) at the NENY PGA’s first HOPE chapter program starting this spring hosted at the Town of Colonie Golf Course.
This program is also a great opportunity for Professionals to be trained to teach all people with disabilities at their clubs.
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ABOUT PGA REACH & PGA HOPE PGA REACH is the charitable foundation of the PGA of America. The mission of PGA REACH is to positively impact the lives of youth, military, and diverse populations by enabling access to PGA Professionals, PGA
Sections and the game of golf.
PGA HOPE is a free therapeutic adaptive golf program that is geared towards those with disabilities however is offered to all servicemen, servicewomen, and veterans. PGA HOPE programs are designed to introduce golf as a way to enhance mental, social, physical, and emotional well-being, and to assist with
rehabilitation and assimilation.
PGA REACH, PGA Sections and their PGA Professionals partner with local Veterans Administration (VA)
Hospitals and military installations to initiate this program. This program is open to all military/veterans, from previous and current combat theaters, with an emphasis in serving those with physical and emotional disabilities.
Mission and Goals
Our mission is to use golf as a rehabilitative tool to help
veterans overcome life’s adversities and improve their physical, mental, emotional and social well - being.
Our goals are to:
Create a safe environment for veterans and their families and establish relationships of trust with PGA Professionals
Have fun and encourage a culture of comradery
Teach veterans the basics of golf including etiquette and course management
Empower veterans to feel confident playing golf on their own after the program
Veterans We Serve
This program is open to all veterans with an emphasis on serving veterans with physical and emotional disabilities. This program is completely free to the veterans. Veterans range from World War II era to the most current combat theaters. The veterans who attend the program will have different physical and mental disabilities; some you will visibly notice and other issues will be invisible to the eye. Injuries could have occurred years ago or recently. You will encounter veterans with varying disorders including limb loss, spinal cord injuries, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), blindness, substance abuse, those engaging in social rehabilitation and more.
VA Hospitals
The PGA of America has worked tirelessly to establish a close working relationship with the Veterans Administration and is very proud to have a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the VA to offer adaptive programing to our veterans. We encourage VA Staff that work with the veterans to participate in the program. VA Staff involvement is an integral part of the success of PGA HOPE.
PGA Sections must abide by the following stipulations for PGA REACH to maintain the MOU with the VA:
1.
All PGA Members that participate in HOPE will have gone through a specific adaptive golf training course
2.
PGA HOPE programs will not apply for federal
grant dollars through the VA Adaptive Sports Grant
process
Sections and the game of golf.
PGA HOPE is a free therapeutic adaptive golf program that is geared towards those with disabilities however is offered to all servicemen, servicewomen, and veterans. PGA HOPE programs are designed to introduce golf as a way to enhance mental, social, physical, and emotional well-being, and to assist with
rehabilitation and assimilation.
PGA REACH, PGA Sections and their PGA Professionals partner with local Veterans Administration (VA)
Hospitals and military installations to initiate this program. This program is open to all military/veterans, from previous and current combat theaters, with an emphasis in serving those with physical and emotional disabilities.
Mission and Goals
Our mission is to use golf as a rehabilitative tool to help
veterans overcome life’s adversities and improve their physical, mental, emotional and social well - being.
Our goals are to:
Create a safe environment for veterans and their families and establish relationships of trust with PGA Professionals
Have fun and encourage a culture of comradery
Teach veterans the basics of golf including etiquette and course management
Empower veterans to feel confident playing golf on their own after the program
Veterans We Serve
This program is open to all veterans with an emphasis on serving veterans with physical and emotional disabilities. This program is completely free to the veterans. Veterans range from World War II era to the most current combat theaters. The veterans who attend the program will have different physical and mental disabilities; some you will visibly notice and other issues will be invisible to the eye. Injuries could have occurred years ago or recently. You will encounter veterans with varying disorders including limb loss, spinal cord injuries, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), blindness, substance abuse, those engaging in social rehabilitation and more.
VA Hospitals
The PGA of America has worked tirelessly to establish a close working relationship with the Veterans Administration and is very proud to have a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the VA to offer adaptive programing to our veterans. We encourage VA Staff that work with the veterans to participate in the program. VA Staff involvement is an integral part of the success of PGA HOPE.
PGA Sections must abide by the following stipulations for PGA REACH to maintain the MOU with the VA:
1.
All PGA Members that participate in HOPE will have gone through a specific adaptive golf training course
2.
PGA HOPE programs will not apply for federal
grant dollars through the VA Adaptive Sports Grant
process
Course
Pinehaven CC
Guilderland, NY
Tee: Blue (6,186 yds - Par 71)
The dreams of eleven sportsmen from the Capital District launched a plan to build a golf club in what is known as “the Pine Bush” area between Albany and Schenectady.
*Create a safe environment for Veterans and their families and establish relationships of trust with PGA Professionals
*Have fun and encourage a culture of comradery
*Teach Veterans the basics of golf including etiquette and course management
*Empower Veterans to feel confident playing golf on their own after the program
*Have fun and encourage a culture of comradery
*Teach Veterans the basics of golf including etiquette and course management
*Empower Veterans to feel confident playing golf on their own after the program
 | Banquet |
*Program recommended to be 6-8 weeks, 2 hours each class, once a week
*Recommended graduation ceremony/golf event at conclusion of session
*Each PGA Professional involved with instruction for the HOPE program will be compensated by PGA REACH as follows: $50 hour for PGA members, and $35 hour for PGA apprentices. Non-PGA members will not be compensated.
*Recommended graduation ceremony/golf event at conclusion of session
*Each PGA Professional involved with instruction for the HOPE program will be compensated by PGA REACH as follows: $50 hour for PGA members, and $35 hour for PGA apprentices. Non-PGA members will not be compensated.
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