The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren announced last week the return of the tournament’s McLaren Adaptive Golf Clinic on Monday, Aug. 21 at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc from 10 a.m. to noon on the driving range.
Together with McLaren Health Care and the McLaren Flint Foundation, the tournament has once again teamed up with the National Amputee Golf Association (NAGA) and the U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance (USAGA) to put on a clinic featuring trained adaptive golf coaches providing instruction to a group of more than 20 adaptive golfers using a wide array of adaptive golf equipment. Attendees will experience an atmosphere of camaraderie and include McLaren Health Care physical therapy patients and participants identified by NAGA, USAGA, and The Disability Network.
Adaptive golf is a rising movement in golf to continue to grow the game and provide people with physical disabilities the tools and training to enjoy the game.
“The McLaren Adaptive Golf Clinic clearly underscores the power of golf to bring people of diverse abilities, motivation, ages and backgrounds together for a common purpose,” said Laurie Prochazka, vice president of marketing at McLaren Health Care. “It is so inspiring to watch these coaches interact with adaptive golfers to teach techniques and skills that enable them to continue to enjoy the game they love. Words cannot describe the joy on the faces of participants as they hit their shots on the range and realize they can still play golf, regardless of their physical limitations. With our partners, McLaren is very proud to have taken a leading role in building awareness of adaptive golf as a growing movement in the sport.”
The coaches for this year’s Adaptive Golf Clinic include:
• JOHN BELL: Host of NAGA National Championships. Captain of the Cairns Cup
• BRYAN BIGOLI: President of The Michigan Amputee Golf Association
• CARLOS BROWN: Director of instruction at Integrity Golf Performance and the Carlos Brown Golf Academy in Dallas, Texas
• KEN GREEN: 1985 Buick Open Champion – The first of his five PGA TOUR wins
• TRACY RAMIN: National Amputee Golf Association (NAGA) Executive Director and Captain of the U.S. ParaGolf team
• JONATHAN SNYDER: U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance (USAGA) Executive Director and 2021 & 2022 North American one arm National Champion
• DAVE WINDSOR: GSGA Adaptive Golf Director and widely considered one of the country’s foremost experts in teaching adaptive golfers
There is still space for additional participants in the McLaren Adaptive Golf Clinic.
For more information about the Clinic, including how to participate, please contact Tracy Ramin at tracyramin@yahoo.com or Laurie Prochazka at laurie.prochazka@mclaren.org.
Tickets for the 2023 Ally Challenge presented by McLaren are on sale. The event is open to spectators from Aug. 24-27. Tickets start at $10. For a complete listing of ticket options, visit theallychallenge.com.