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Golf to teach character-building lessons to kids
Program to develop healthy habits, values in Gainesville students
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Natalie McGarvey prepares to chip her tennis ball at a target Wednesday morning at the Gainesville High gymnasium as Gainesville physical education teachers get training in The First Tee National School Program.
Not many elementary P.E. classes include golf lessons, but Gainesville elementary schools want to use golf to teach their students healthy habits and values. Physical education teachers from Gainesville’s five elementary schools gathered at the high school gym Wednesday for a golf lesson from The First Tee National School Program. “We’re partnering with Georgia Power, who is funding this, and The First Tee, which is a national program introducing kids to golf and has a character component to it,” said Bryson Worley, Gainesville High men’s golf coach.