Six years ago, when Dimitri was 6 yrs., we tried out the summer Golf Camp here at Citrus Hills. At that time we needed to get Mitri into some activity that involved other children for socialization purposes. My wife was home schooling Mitri and busy 24/7 trying to heal his body that had been overburdened with toxins. As a result, we thought it best to keep him home. This, of course, didn't lend itself to many opportunity for Mitri learn to play and get along with other. We tried little league, tennis, bowling and the like with some short term success. 'What about golf?", I thought. It's pretty much a play against yourself type of game, but at the same time you need to follow the rules and learn to be respectful of other plays and/or teammate. Well. . over the years, the progress has been unbelieveable!
In 2006, the first year of Golf Camp, Mitri & I attempted to play in the end of camp Father& Son Putting Tournament. That evening Mitri blocked three of my putts like a goalie defending his Stanley Cup Titleturning 1 foot tap ins into to 20 footer. But, he was having fun ... and so was I. Not a lot of golf ... but a ot of fun.
Fast forward to 2010. . . Same Father Son Tournament ... Dimitri made a 6 foot putt on the 2nd to last hole and an 8 footer on the last to. . . secure ... THE WIN!!!
We actually beat all the other 72 teams and won the 1st place trophy. (See below as he is accepting our trophy ... and notice the shock in his Mom's voice as Dimitri proceeds to walk right up himself, in front of 200 people, to collect his prize.) Didn't see THAT coming!
Dimtri Win's 1st Place
That is so cool! I laughed out loud at the goalie comparison! So great that you can share something like that with him. Congrats!
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