LPGA Championship Girls Deaf Golf Camp, June 7, 2006 Technical Support Download windows media player Press Release
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(Washington DC) The United States Deaf Golf Association (USDGA) in conjunction with the McDonald’s LPGA Championship presented by Coca Cola®, announces the first ever golf camp for deaf girls, June 7, 2006. The event will bring young ladies from the Maryland School for the Deaf to Mountain Branch Golf Club for a private golf clinic conducted by 4 LPGA Tour Professionals and hosted by former Touring Professional and Deaf Golf Instructor Rob Strano. The clinic will begin at 9:30 and be followed immediately by a golf camp for the girls. Then in the afternoon, the young ladies will visit Bulle Rock golf course, host site for the tournament, and tour the golf course and see a major championship venue. The event will be conducted completely in American Sign Language. Each LPGA player will present a 15-20 minute clinic on a specific part of the game (short shots, middle irons, fairway woods/hybrid and driver) and then spend a few minutes with the girls for photos and autographs. After the clinic is finished there will be a short golf camp for the girls taught by Mr. Strano. During that session each girl will learn the golf swing using the special visual program that is used at all the United States Deaf Golf Camps. LPGA players scheduled to appear: Katherine Hull, Catherine Cartwright, Kris Tschetter, Katie Futcher.

This event is one of 18 deaf golf camps that comprise the United States Deaf Golf Camp Network. A program of the USDGA, these events introduce the game of golf to deaf children across America, completely in Sign Language. The camps are free for the children in attendance thanks to corporate and private support. Sponsors for this event are:

Shockley Honda
Maryland School for the Deaf Foundation

The camp director and lead instructor is Mr. Rob Strano. He played competitive golf for 15 years with experience on the PGA and Nationwide Tours. Three years ago he began the process of learning Sign Language with the goal of bringing quality golf instruction to the Deaf Community in their own language. He can be contacted at: 443.404.8811

For more information visit:
www.USDeafGolf.org
www.aslgolf.com