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Tesori golf clinics resume with special smiles at TPC Sawgrass

Bryleoo Townsend by Bryleoo Townsend
October 15, 2020
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Paul Tesori talks with some of the participants Monday during the Tesori Family Foundation's All-Star Golf Clinic at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Instructors from First Tee of North Florida helped give pointers to special-needs youth ages 8 to 18. Tesori, a PGA Tour caddie, and wife Michelle are the founders of the organization.
  • The Tesori Household Basis has held its All-Star Golf Clinics since 2014
  • Paul and Michelle Tesori are the mother and father of 6-year-old Isaiah, who has Down syndrome
  • Tesori, a St. Augustine native, is the caddie for Webb Simpson, the 2018 Gamers champion

Welcome to a Tesori Household Basis All-Star Golf Clinic — the place there’s by no means any stress to hit the proper shot, however there may be virtually at all times an ideal smile, whether or not a child whiffs or kilos one down the center. 

“These children do what each golf instructors desires their gamers to do — be within the second,” mentioned Paul Tesori, a St. Augustine native and veteran PGA Tour caddie who created the muse in 2009 with spouse Michelle and conducts clinics throughout the nation for special-needs kids, in addition to offering assist for his or her mother and father. “They step up and hit it and take enjoyment with each shot. They do not fear about what simply occurred or what is going on to occur subsequent. I want we may all suppose like that.” 

About two dozen special-needs kids participated within the newest All-Star Clinic on Monday on the TPC Sawgrass, the fourth the Tesori Basis has performed because the COVID-19 pandemic started in March. Earlier than golf was halted for practically three months due to the pandemic, there had been about 25 clinics per 12 months, both on-site or at close by programs throughout the week of PGA Tour occasions. 

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A.J. Anderson, 15, hits a plastic ball into a giant inflatable "Golfrilla" during Monday's clinic.

The children had been divided into 4 stations, for placing, chipping, driving and one which gave the impression to be essentially the most enjoyable — whacking plastic balls at an enormous, inflated gorilla. 

“I used to be so completely happy they had been in a position to maintain this clinic and that I used to be invited again,” mentioned LPGA participant Amelia Lewis, who was serving to children at a driving station. “They’re having a lot enjoyable. Simply to see the grins on their faces is superior.” 

The final clinic they had been in a position to maintain earlier than golf shut down was on the Sawgrass Nation Membership the day earlier than the primary spherical of The Gamers Championship. The match was canceled after one spherical and with the suspension of the Tour schedule till early June, the All-Star Clinics additionally had been shelved. 

Nevertheless, they had been in a position to host clinics in Greensboro, N.C., in July and Charlotte and Chicago in August, with the assistance of First Tee chapters in these areas.

Genna Lancaster, the manager director of the Tesori Household Basis, mentioned the First Tee offered the blueprint for golf instruction throughout the COVID-19 period — masks, social distancing, disinfecting golf golf equipment after use and avoiding bodily contact — which the muse adopted to renew its clinics. 

Since First Tee coaches have volunteered to assist with the clinics prior to now, it was an enormous first step within the re-start. 

“They had been great with the method and proved you possibly can maintain the clinics in a secure manner,” Lancaster mentioned. “After they began having in-person golf clinics at their chapters, we knew it was time for us to come back again and make it occur.” 

Participants Bob Goldberg (from left), Will Helen and A.J. Anderson hit shots during the Tesori Family Foundation's golf clinic.

Tesori mentioned an excessive amount of work had gone into the clinics because the first one was performed in 2014 in Greensboro.

“We had a number of momentum and we did not need it to cease,” he mentioned. 

Michelle Tesori mentioned essentially the most tough half is that the volunteers, instructors and basis staffers must watch out with bodily contact with the youngsters. 

“They’re huggers … they love individuals and so they’re used to seeing you, working up and leaping into your arms,” she mentioned. 

The Tesoris know this firsthand. Their 6-year-old son, Isaiah, was born with Down syndrome and desires to hug or high-five anybody who offers him a lot as a smile. 

“A few of the special-needs kids, comparable to Isaiah, have a barely decrease immune system,” Paul Tesori mentioned. “We do one of the best we will, however they instinctively have this love for individuals.” 

Isaiah Tesori, 6, gets a high five after a shot during the Tesori Family Foundation's All-Star Golf Clinic that his parents started.

Due to the PGA Tour’s present protocols for conducting tournaments, the muse hasn’t been in a position to resume clinics at Tour websites. Tesori mentioned he is hopeful a clinic can happen subsequent January on the website of the Waste Administration Phoenix Open on the TPC Scottsdale. 

If the pandemic subsides, their objective is for 19 to 22 clinics in 2021. 

Michelle Tesori mentioned having a clinic on-site at a Tour occasion, or throughout the identical week at a close-by facility, will increase the general public consideration “1 million p.c.” 

“Our Tour companions are so improbable if we might be there the week of the match,” she mentioned. “Their reward to us is that they know individuals in the neighborhood who can present lunches for the children, reward baggage and their media individuals get the phrase out.” 

The objective earlier than the pandemic hit was to have an all-star clinic the week of each PGA Tour occasion, greater than 40 per calendar 12 months. 

Tesori mentioned he, his spouse and different grownup volunteers on the clinics get greater than they offer. 

“There’s a number of enjoyment in introducing them to golf,” he mentioned. “It is enjoyable for them to step up and whack a golf ball. We at all times have to introduce golf to a different technology and the special-needs neighborhood is one among them.” 



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