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Fore fun
Campers get a chance to swing with the pros

Danielle Sachs
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012

INUVIK
A group from Camp Kivuni had a chance to golf with the pros on July 26. Well, at least one pro.

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Sam Skinner shows off his golf swing. Kids from Camp Kivuni took part in a golf workshop with Jamie Leach, a Canadian Professional Golf Association certified instructor. - Danielle Sachs/NNSL photo

Jamie Leach, a Canadian Professional Golf Association (CPGA) certified instructor – and two-time Stanley Cup champion – was on hand last week to help people with their swing.

Josh Lavers was one of the counsellors that chaperoned the older group of campers.

"We went Thursday afternoon and I think it went really well," said Lavers.

"They really started with the basics, showing the kids how to hold the club and how to swing."

It was a mixed skill set. Some of them had golfed before and for others it was their first time.

Eight-year-old Phoenix MacNabb-Lennie has been mini-putt golfing before.

"This was my second time," he said. "I went once to mini-putt with my family in Edmonton and it was really fun."

There were two stations set up at Road's End Golf Course. There was the driving range and the putting station.

Sam Skinner, 9, said the day was really fun. It wasn't his first time golfing, he's gone with his parents and his brother in the past.

"I like doing the entire golf course," he said.

According to Skinner, he was also able to hit the ball farther than before.

"I hit it a bit past the moose," Skinner explained. "They have different animals so you can remember how far your ball went."

Although the lessons weren't advanced, Lavers said as soon as the group got into it, the instructors started giving more individual lessons.

"Some of the kids knew a little bit more, but everyone got some advice," he said. "Even if it was just about how to hold the club to make it a little easier."

While MacNabb-Lennie said golfing was a little hard, he added he wouldn't mind trying it again.

"I can't hit the ball that far yet," he said. "I couldn't even make it past the caribou, but when we picked up all the balls I was only missing one from my tray."

Rebecca Baxter, another counsellor who accompanied the group, agreed the outing went really well.

"It was something different for them to do and everyone had a good time," she said.

The kids were surprised with T-shirts and goody bags at the end of the afternoon.

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