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Instructor Eric Mitchell helps Ellen Taylor, 9, with her putting Tuesday at the nine-hole First Tee golf course adjacent to the Mike Daniel Recreation Center on Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange.
Instructor Eric Mitchell helps Ellen Taylor, 9, with her putting Tuesday at the nine-hole First Tee golf course adjacent to the Mike Daniel Recreation Center on Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange.
More than 5,000 Troup County students learn to play golf in physical education classes while being taught the First Tee’s nine core values - honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment.
‘It’s an unbelievable opportunity to teach character and at the same time the kids can learn a game they can play their whole life,’ said Allen Doyle, chairman of the local First Tee chapter and a two-time U. S. Senior Open champion.
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