Boeing Classic Teams Up With Virginia Mason for Adaptive Golf Clinic

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August 19, 2012

By Administrator

Golf is a game of hazards ? water, sand, trees, hills and rough. Even in the best conditions, hitting a little white ball with a metal stick several hundred yards to a 4.25-inch hole in the ground is a challenge even for those with remarkable physical gifts.

Now, imagine you are missing your legs or an arm, suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome or experience paralysis brought on by a stroke or injury. How difficult do you think it would be?

Thanks to adapted golf clubs and shafts, special braces, stand-up golf cars, even specially equipped Segway? personal transporters, those who face physical challenges can still hit the links, according to a press release from Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.

The Boeing Classic Adaptive Golf Clinic will pair individuals with a recreational therapist and golf instructors to learn to play golf with the person?s unique disability. Golfers will be introduced to adaptive equipment and techniques, as well as a one-on-one swing analysis, according to the press release.

?Golf is an excellent recreational and rehabilitation activity for people learning to cope with a disability, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson?s disease or even post-traumatic stress disorder,?? Barbara Bond-Howard, recreational therapist at Virginia Mason, said in the press release. ?This clinic is also a wonderful way to get individuals who have experienced stroke, amputation, or loss of mobility or visual impairment back into the game.?

The Boeing Classic Adaptive Golf Clinic is sponsored by the First Swing Golf clinic, National Amputee Golf Association, Disabled American Veterans Charitable Trust Fund, PGA of America, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Washington State Therapeutic Recreation Association.

The clinic will run from 1 ? 5 p.m. Aug. 21, on the lower practice range at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Learn more about the clinic at (206) 341-0561 or email barbara.bond-howard@vmmc.org.

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