Health & Wellness

By Design: The Value of the Golf Course

October 20th, 2010
Eric Larson, president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, emphasizes the incredible value of a golf course for everything it touches: people, environment, wildlife, the community, the local economy and more.

During my year as ASGCA President I am proud to be working with our members and other partners in promoting the 'value of the golf course,' an effort to demonstrate the benefits individuals and communities provided by the course. The three pillars of this value - environmental, social and financial - cannot be emphasized enough.

The Salute Military Golf Association

May 27th, 2010
Last week, Brian Finan, President of the Salute Military Golf Association and SSGT Charles Eggleston, U.S. Army, Retired, sat down with Dave Lucas of Newschannel 8's Capital Golf Weekly to talk about how the game of golf is helping some of our nation's heroes heal one swing at a time.

Last week, Brian Finan, President of the Salute Military Golf Association and SSGT Charles Eggleston, U.S. Army, Retired, sat down with Dave Lucas of Newschannel 8's Capital Golf Weekly to talk about how the game of golf is helping some of our nation's heroes heal one swing at a time.

Click here to watch the video.

The Next Basic Training –How Golf is Serving Our Veterans

January 1st, 2010
Golf is used as a therapeutic treatment modality, to help patients restore, remediate and rehabilitate to improve functioning and independence in life activities, as well as to help the patients integrate back into society.

By Bob Denney

According to an independent study conducted in 2008 by the Rand Corporation, one in five service members, or at least 300,000, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression.

Such imposing numbers reflect a generational issue facing both professionals and dependents of the men and women who have served this country.