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Program Helps Injured Vets Tee Off
Aired 10/27/10
A local non-profit program is trying to get injured troops and veterans back into the swing of things. It's all about the game of golf.
SAN DIEGO — A local non-profit program is trying to get injured troops and veterans back into the swing of things. It's all about the game of golf.
Above: Jason Lee receives instruction from PGA professional "AB" Nevarez during Operation Game On -- a ten-week program that teaches injured servicemen and women how to play golf, in San Diego, Calif. on October 27, 2010.
Above: Injured veterans watch PGA professional "AB" Nevarez demonstrate how to stand when teeing off, October 27, 2010 in San Diego, Calif.
Operation Game On is a ten-week program that teaches injured servicemen and women how to play golf. Twice a week, active duty members and veterans take lessons from a golf pro. At the end of the program, players get custom-fitted for a set of golf clubs. Everything is provided free-of-charge.
Coast Guard veteran Mike Beouy suffered a severe back injury in a car crash. He said golf has been a godsend.
"It's really helped me in my balance and my flexibility," Beouy said. "I have a plate in my back for fusing vertebrae together. And I think that it's really helped my range of motion."
A local Vietnam veteran started Operation Game On in 2008. Since then, 70 people have gone through the program.
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