Michigan Golf Journal September 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Girls Golf Program The summer golf season has set on a terrific program run by the Michigan Women’s Golf Association (MWGA) where mostly girls, but some boys, get top-notch instruction and mentorship by members of the PGA and the MWGA. On a Tuesday afternoon in early August, Detroit area girls and boys played a 9-hole golf scramble competition in partnership with adult golf mentors from the non-profit MWGA at Evergreen Hills Golf Course in Southfield. PGA certified teaching professional Terri Ryan zipped around from one foursome to another giving hitting, putting and pace of play advice to her students and occasionally borrowing a club from one of the kids to demonstration a technique. The experience for these eager kids was all part of the MWGA’s LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program, a 10-week summer golf instructional program that has been in existence in the metro Detroit area since 2006. It gives a boost to the city’s kids who don’t belong to private clubs and golf courses with access to comprehensive LPGA professional golf instruction. After several weeks of driving range instruction from Ryan Detroit Youth Learning to Golf In LPGA- USGA Girls Golf Program Jo Adams of Detroit demonstrates good golf form to Morgan of Pontiac By Teresa Silver