On our recent trip to Maui (above). We happened to be there at the same time as the PGA’s kick off tournament, The Tournament of Champions. Well we weren’t comfortable taking Grant to the official event but we decided to trek up the Kapalua’s Plantation course for the Pro-Am event. We saw a couple of golfers and a little bit of the event, but that wasn’t the highlight. The highlight was meeting David Havens. David is one of the pros at Ka’anapali Kai and more importantly he started a cool program called ‘Spare for Change‘. In the fan zone at the event, there were a couple different little area’s where all three of us could try out our golf swings, putting and even get a photo taken with a trophy. Golf Pro David was manning the area where you could try out your chipping prowess. We rolled up with Grant and he looked a little disappointed that he didn’t have any toddler size clubs. So he gave him a quick little lesson with the smallest club he had and then after asking if Grant had his own clubs offered this, ‘hey if you swing by the Ka’anapali, I can set you up with a couple of his very own clubs’. How cool is that? So when we arrived, David set him up with a toddler sized putter and some balls and sent us up to the practice green while he made another club for him. He met up with us handed Grant his own ‘grant sized’ Callaway Big Bertha and sent us off to the driving range to hit a bucket of balls on him. David was so generous and really made a memorable impact on Grant. Thanks David and all the best in your venture to put clubs and the game of golf in the hands of those that can’t otherwise have access to the game. You are awesome!!
Grant getting some pointers from David.
Grant giving it a whirl!
Us at the first, what a view, eh?
Grant giving his new driver a swing! One of my most treasured gifts from my late grandpa is a Big Bertha golf club and I thought it was pretty neat that one of Grants first golf clubs was a Big Bertha as well!
I am seriously one proud papa!!
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