FREEDOM GOLF ASSOCIATION SPONSORS ADAPTIVE GOLF TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS

Freedom Golf Association (FGA) will sponsor an Adaptive Golf Training Course on May 10 – 11 for golf professionals and instructors, therapists of multi-disciplinary processes, medical and health professionals. The event, which will be held at the Midwest Golf House and Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, will instruct attendees how to teach “Adaptive Golf” as therapy for individuals with physical challenges.

The training course is being delivered by the Adaptive Golf Association (AGA). Leading the course will be David Windsor, PGA Teaching Professional with over 20 years of experience. Windsor specializes in helping organizations across the country develop and operate adaptive golf programs to enhance lives in their community. His Adaptive Golf Training Workshop is an approved continuing education course for physical-occupational therapists and golf professionals.

During the two-day course, attendees will acquire skills to effectively teach adaptive golf using safe, proven approaches including orientation of adaptive golf equipment and how to use it safely. The workshop will consist of classroom demonstration of golf swing fundamentals and hands-on training experience working directly with challenged participants. In addition, attendees will earn certification as an Adaptive Golf Coach and 10 CE or MSR Credit Hours.

“The opportunity to sponsor this training course through the Adaptive Golf Association is a great honor for FGA,” said Edmund Q. Sylvester, Chairman and Founder of the Freedom Golf Association. “FGA’s mission is simply to bring the joy of golf to the disabled, and the Adaptive Golf Training Course will accomplish that by increasing the number of skilled professionals qualified to teach adaptive golf.”

To register for this event, contact Kathy Farrell at KFarrell@fgagolf.org. For more information about Freedom Golf Association, visit www.fgagolf.org.