Golfers & All America Should Be Aware

Some companies bang the drum loudly when they do good things. . .others do it quietly from behind

the scenes. . . . Ping has the good way of doing it. . . . 

I think this is something that all golfers should be aware of ,  as well as all Americans.                                This isn't a joke or cartoon; just something interesting to know...you may   want to forward this on to others.          On Monday, I played the Disney, Lake Buena Vista course.  As usual the    starters matched me with three other players.  After a few holes we    began to get to know each other a bit.  One fellow was rather young and    had his wife riding along in the golf cart with him.  I noticed that his    golf bag had his name on it and after closer inspection, it also said    "wounded war veterans".  When I had my first chance to chat with him I    asked him about the bag.  His response was simply that it was a gift.  I    then asked if he was wounded and he said yes.  When I asked more about    his injury, his response was "I'd rather not talk about it, sir".      Over a few holes I learned that he had spent the last 15 months in an    army rehabilitation hospital in San Antonio Texas .  His wife moved there    to be with him and he was released from the hospital in September.  He    was a rather quiet fellow; however, he did say that he wanted to get    good at golf.  We had a nice round and as we became a bit more familiar    I asked him about the a brand new set of Ping woods and irons he was    playing.  Some looked like they had never been hit.  His response was    simple.  He said that this round was the first full round he had played    with these clubs.      Later in the round he told me the following.  As part of the discharge    process from the rehabilitation hospital, Ping comes in and provides    three days of golf instruction, followed by club fitting.  Upon    discharge from the hospital, Ping gives each of the discharged veterans,    generally about 40 soldiers, a brand new set of custom fitted clubs    along with the impressive golf bags.      The fellow I met was named Ben Woods and he looked me in the eye and    said that being fitted for those clubs was one of the best things that    ever happened to him and he was determined to learn to play golf well    enough to deserve the gift Ping had given him.  Ben is now out of the    service, medically discharged just a month ago.  He is as fine a young    man as you would ever want to meet.      Ping has the good judgment not to advertise this program.  God Bless    America and the game of golf.

 

 

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