Young golfers learn to love the game at AU Summer Camp
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Augusta University’s men’s and women’s golf programs have had a lot of success over the years, and every summer they hold camps for all the young golfers across the CSRA.
Kids ages six through 18 hit the range and the green behind the golf house at AU.
Whether they were picking up a club for the first time or trying to grow their games, everyone was out there having fun.
The younger kids are focusing more on the fundamentals, while the older golfers are working on course-related techniques and approaches.
“For me, the most important thing is growing the game and making sure the kids are learning the right techniques and having fun with their friends. But to kind of have a full circle moment too, of seeing these kids and thinking about how I was at that age, and now I’m the person I used to look up to I feel like. So, I’m just trying to be the same thing for them,” said Emma Charles with Augusta University women’s golf.
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Golf is embedded in the fabric of the Augusta community, and this camp helps everyone involved tap into that ion to develop or discover their love for the game.
“It’s so cool to see these kids run around in their little Masters polos and understand kind of who the top guys are. They’re all talking about Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods and it’s so cool,” said Charles.
Head Coach Stephen Paine had great experiences at camp when he was a kid, and he’s using camp as a way to his ion for golf to the next generation.
“I think for me it was more about just the exposure, the friends. You know, some of my friends I met at camps when I was young, or friends that I’m still close with today. So, I think that it’s really special seeing those and it’s neat seeing the same. I’ve only been here like I said two years, but I’ve done four camps, and you see a lot of the same faces and kids coming back and I know there’s kids that have been here five, six, seven years in a row. So, it’s really cool to see the influence and the impact you can have on the golfing community through it,” said Paine.
This is the second camp session of the summer at Augusta University.
And who knows, maybe if these young golfers stay on the right path they could become Jaguars someday.
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