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FORE ALL! holds clinics throughout the country (and around the world) to
teach people with disabilities how to play golf -- either for the first
time, or, if they have played before, how to adapt their game after a
disabling incident or illness.
The FORE ALL! clinics consist of instruction for people with disabilities, training and direction for therapists and golf professionals so they can continue using our program on a weekly basis, a competition component, and, at the end of the clinic, good food, good golf stories, prizes for those who won the various competitions, and prizes "fore all". FORE ALL! clinics will be held at golf course driving ranges at the nicest courses in the United States and around the world (see Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas). To motivate our participants, we hold some of our clinics in conjunction with the Dennis Walters Golf Show. Dennis, a member of FORE ALL!'s honorary board, is a professional golfer ("trick shot artist") who is paralyzed from the waist down. Dennis performs at PGA Tour events all over the country, and has earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues on the PGA, Senior, LPGA, and Nike Tours. At every clinic, participants are given a FORE ALL! scorecard. Every time they complete a practice session with a certified instructor (local golf professional or therapist), they will have their instructor sign, date, and stamp their scorecard. After attending a certain number of sessions, golfers are rewarded with prizes (buckets of balls, greens fees, golf shirts, etc.). Instructors collect data at each session in order to monitor all participants' progress. Data is transferred to FORE ALL! and is viewable over the internet, through FORE ALL!'s website. When participants log on to www.foreall.org, and then click on The FORE ALL! Drive, Chip, and Putt Challenge, they will be able to find their names (complete with photo and bio), listed in the standings for various competitions. Leaders in the standings will have the opportunity to compete for big prizes in regional competitions, which will lead to the national (and, ultimately, international) FORE ALL! Drive, Chip, and Putt Challenge, held in concert with a major PGA Tour/USGA event.
Order of the FORE ALL! Clinic
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