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FORT WORTH, TEXAS -
Millions of dollars are heading to North Texas charities thanks to the two golf tournaments that have rolled through town the last two weeks. The HP Byron Nelson Championship and Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will also leave a lasting mark on the hundreds of children who learned a lot more about golf during these two weeks.
"Rule number one, no matter what happens, never quit. Rule number two, is don't forget rule number one," said world renown golf instructor Hank Haney who was the featured speaker during the Nike Kids Clinic which took place on the driving range at the Colonial Country Club.
That advice Haney passed along, came with great authority, afterall he has crafted the swing of the world's greatest golfer for the past six years, and don't think the kids didn't know who that player is.
" Yea, Tiger Woods," beamed 12 year old Marco Ceniceros, who took in the clinic for the third year with his father Henry.
Despite his off the golf course escapades, Haney called Woods a model student and one of the most determined people he's ever been around.
"tiger never quit and always tried his best. He was a pleasure to be around, it was pretty cool," Haney said. But something this golf instructor enjoys even more than coaching Tiger, getting young kids excited about playing this game and partnering with a non-profit organization called "The First Tee."
"That's one of the great things about First Tee, they do such a great job teaching young people the values that they need to be successful," said Haney. "No matter what they do in life it's pretty neat to see how the First Tee has changed kids lives."
Eleven year old Ethan Jones agrees. "At first when I didn't take First Tee, I didn't like it at all but whenever I took it it was really fun and I enjoy it now. The way they taught it was really cool. They taught golf strange ways and I liked it and now I practice more often at my house and that's really fun."
And when these kids get tired of hitting balls around their backyard and make it out to the Rockwood Golf Course in Fort Worth, they'll have some new obstacles to get around. The FedEx Cup forever program gathered together more than 100 junior golfers from the First Tee program to beautify the course, planting trees and grass and more than 1-thousand native flowers. After all that hard work, you can bet these kids will think twice about replacing their divots and repairing their ball marks, it gives them a real appreciation of their surroundings.
"Yes it does because you can just say like I did that or I helped build this," said Nicholas Narcisse who was busy planting those trees at Rockwood. " I think people might want to come up here more because it's making the course beautiful and helping the environment so hopefully they can play better."
And actually use the tips they learned from one of the world's best golf instructors.
"I learned to not put your head down too far and not be straight up when you swing it because you don't see where it goes," says 11 year old Harrison Christopher.
"When you keep your head down and hit the ball and your playing partner says good shot and you go, thank you, you never get to enjoy the good shot," said Haney during the clinic. "So it's more correct to say, keep your eye on the ball."
"Rule number one, no matter what happens, never quit. Rule number two, is don't forget rule number one," said world renown golf instructor Hank Haney who was the featured speaker during the Nike Kids Clinic which took place on the driving range at the Colonial Country Club.
That advice Haney passed along, came with great authority, afterall he has crafted the swing of the world's greatest golfer for the past six years, and don't think the kids didn't know who that player is.
" Yea, Tiger Woods," beamed 12 year old Marco Ceniceros, who took in the clinic for the third year with his father Henry.
Despite his off the golf course escapades, Haney called Woods a model student and one of the most determined people he's ever been around.
"tiger never quit and always tried his best. He was a pleasure to be around, it was pretty cool," Haney said. But something this golf instructor enjoys even more than coaching Tiger, getting young kids excited about playing this game and partnering with a non-profit organization called "The First Tee."
"That's one of the great things about First Tee, they do such a great job teaching young people the values that they need to be successful," said Haney. "No matter what they do in life it's pretty neat to see how the First Tee has changed kids lives."
Eleven year old Ethan Jones agrees. "At first when I didn't take First Tee, I didn't like it at all but whenever I took it it was really fun and I enjoy it now. The way they taught it was really cool. They taught golf strange ways and I liked it and now I practice more often at my house and that's really fun."
And when these kids get tired of hitting balls around their backyard and make it out to the Rockwood Golf Course in Fort Worth, they'll have some new obstacles to get around. The FedEx Cup forever program gathered together more than 100 junior golfers from the First Tee program to beautify the course, planting trees and grass and more than 1-thousand native flowers. After all that hard work, you can bet these kids will think twice about replacing their divots and repairing their ball marks, it gives them a real appreciation of their surroundings.
"Yes it does because you can just say like I did that or I helped build this," said Nicholas Narcisse who was busy planting those trees at Rockwood. " I think people might want to come up here more because it's making the course beautiful and helping the environment so hopefully they can play better."
And actually use the tips they learned from one of the world's best golf instructors.
"I learned to not put your head down too far and not be straight up when you swing it because you don't see where it goes," says 11 year old Harrison Christopher.
"When you keep your head down and hit the ball and your playing partner says good shot and you go, thank you, you never get to enjoy the good shot," said Haney during the clinic. "So it's more correct to say, keep your eye on the ball."
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