Record 270 kids expected at Longbow Golf Club for golf clinic

MESA, Ariz., February 16, 2015 – The Epson Tour, Road to the LPGA, is hosting a junior clinic sponsored by 2nd Guy Golf for approximately 270 kids from the Mesa Public Schools (MSP) on Tuesday, February 17 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. in connection with the Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club.

Ten Epson Tour players will lead the clinic, which will take place on the driving range.

Tour players will demonstrate a variety of golf shots and then students will rotate between three stations focusing on full swing, putting and chipping.

Following the clinic, students will have the chance to interact with the professionals during a question and answer period.

Players will also stick around for autographs and pictures with the students.

“Longbow Golf Club has been host to The First Tee (TFT) of Phoenix and the 35,000 elementary school students in the Mesa Public School System (MPS) since 2010,” said Bob McNichols of Longbow Golf Club. “Since that year each Epson Tour and AJGA major competition has featured a Junior Clinic and participation by Epson Tour professionals and elite AJGA amateurs in support of junior golf at Longbow Golf Club.”

“We are excited that this year's Epson Tour Junior Golf Clinic will be the largest gathering of MPS students ever participating in this, the eighth event since the first in 2010,” said McNichols. “Longbow Golf Club continues it's dedication to junior golf and women's golf in this and many other ways as we build for the future of the game and the values instilled by The First Tee in children throughout the Mesa community and around the world.”

Students from the Ishikawa Elementary, Red Mountain Ranch Elementary and Barbara Bush Elementary will be at the clinic on Tuesday.

The Epson Tour season tees off with the Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club on Friday, February 20. The three-round event concludes on Sunday, February 22.

LPGA’s Epson Tour to Host Junior Clinic for Mesa Public School Students

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