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While golf can be frustrating to most of us, some Myrtle Beach veterans are using it to heal their PTSD. It's called PGA HOPE, and it stands for Helping Our Patriots Everywhere.

It is hard to believe that we are almost halfway through 2023! The momentum for Project Golf is growing exponentially each and every day. The programs are in full swing (pun intended) and the students are learning the beautiful game of golf from some seriously dedicated instructors.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for making the effort to come to our fundraising event Project Golf Charity Golf Tournament at True Blue Golf Club!

More than 100 donors, volunteers and participants in Project Golf gathered recently for the 2022 Project Golf Jamboree at the organization’s North Myrtle Beach, S.C. headquarters, to celebrate its achievements and thank supporters for aiding the non-profit organization’s mission both to grow the game and to apply it as a therapeutic tool to help those in need.

Welcome to the end-of-the-summer edition of the Project Golf Newsletter. I can't help but reflect on 2019 when Project Golf began as a simple whiteboard idea to grow the game of golf through several different channels...from junior golfers to beginning golfers, to disabled veterans, and everything in between.

As a critical element of their involvement with Project Golf‘s PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere), PGA Professionals undergo special training to help our wounded veterans learn and enjoy the game through adaptive means. Hear from PGA HOPE National Instructor Brian Oliver and PGA REACH Carolinas Programs Director Jessica Asbury on the impact this effort is having on veterans in need.

The Tom Jackson/Raymond Floyd design at Arrowhead Country Club in Myrtle Beach is the latest host of Project Golf’s “An Introduction to Golf” instructional series for first-time players. See how PGA-certified instructors and top-notch facilities are teaming up to create a smooth transition into the game for its newest players!

As Project Golf in Myrtle Beach, S.C. continues its work in advancing the mission of PGA HOPE (“Helping Our Patriots Everywhere”), we check in with participating veterans to get their thoughts on how the program has helped servicemen and servicewomen in need. Here, Ron Kurimsky offers his testimonial on the benefits of PGA HOPE.

As Project Golf continues its work in advancing the mission of PGA HOPE (“Helping Our Patriots Everywhere”), we check in with participating veterans to get their thoughts on how the program has helped servicemen and servicewomen in need.

Our veteran program, PGA HOPE, started its 2022 season in January with PGA Supervised Practice session at our Barefoot site. Graduate veterans of PGA HOPE were able to continue their golf learning experience by participating in a four-week supervised practice program enabling them exclusive access to the practice facility while being taught how to practice with a purpose by our PGA Professionals.

Project Golf’s story is beginning to be told and we are getting inquiries about classes, volunteering, and tournament partnering. From a fundraising perspective, this community has been extraordinarily generous. We thank all of you for your donations, time, funds, and equipment.

This week’s activities in Project Golf’s signature grow-the-game initiative, “An Introduction to Golf,” offered a compelling look at the wide range of learning pillars the program offers to those playing the game for the first time.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Two non-profit organizations are giving back to veterans through the game of golf. Project Golf works with vets recovering from addiction, disabilities and other hardships to get them back on their feet.

A local nonprofit is using the game of golf to help struggling veterans get back on their feet. “I started pitching and everybody started stopping and looking at me and I’m like, I’m pretty good at this,” said Mark Jacobs, a veteran in the PGA Hope Program.

“The Match” Will Be Played At Famed Dunes Club In Myrtle Beach, Allow Live Viewers To Donate Money To Help Grow The Game of Golf.

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A program along the Grand Strand is offering veterans a chance to escape daily worries through golf.

After a long, distinguished career in golf preceded by dedicated service to his country, Gary Schaal isn’t quite ready to kick back and relax. Project Golf and its cornerstone program to help fellow veterans still keeps him active. And it’s already given him plenty of “why” moments.

Recently, we introduced you to Project Golf's launch of the Myrtle Beach chapter of PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere). In this video, Sherri Jackson, E8 (Ret.), United States Army, shares heartfelt testimony with PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com's Charlie Rymer about the impact PGA HOPE Myrtle Beach has already had on her life. Sherri was one of 20 military veterans who benefited from the first of PGA HOPE Myrtle Beach's six-week programs.

Twenty-one military veterans, currently living with disabilities or physical limitations sustained while in service to their country, are now benefiting from the first in a series of six-week training sessions launched recently in Myrtle Beach as part of the newest PGA HOPE Program.

When Gene Augustine “retired” from his first career, he decided to push all his chips toward the middle of the table. On the outside, immersing himself in the golf industry may have looked like a gamble, or possibly a way to pass the time. No, for Augustine, this was personal.

Emotional.

Project Golf’s first program effort to grow the game is quickly producing results, and believers. Ian Guerin tells us more in this feature profile.

Gary Schaal, former president of the PGA of America and one of the leading voices in the game, has learned a lot in the last 25 years ...

Hear from Project Golf spokesperson Charlie Rymer and Doug Smith, 2019 chair of the Heritage Classic Foundation's Congressional Cup, on how the two charitable entities are working together to help others in need in South Carolina.