Angelina Dreamin’
Angelina Myhr
Sennett Middle School, 8th grade
Years with The First Tee: 3
First impression: not so fun
That changed right away as soon as I got to know the coaches and other people—they made it fun.
Multi-sport value
The core value I use a lot is sportsmanship. I play a lot of sports: golf, basketball, soccer and volleyball and I use sportsmanship in all of them. I like to play with many people and friends and have fun.
Meeting a master
Through The First Tee I started taking lessons from Dennis Tiziani at Cherokee (world renowned teacher and father-in-law of Steve Stricker). At first I was scared and nervous to meet him, but he’s nice, funny and he always makes jokes. He’s changed my swing and helped me a lot. He says there are four things in life: education, family, faith and golf.
Lessons on, lessons off
The First Tee teaches you things you need to know that will help you later in life and you meet a lot of new friends.
My dad needs the loop
I want to be a professional golfer and so does my dad because he wants to be my caddy. It will take playing in high school and college and I’m really hoping for a scholarship in golf. It's my dream.
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Stricker gives, then wins
The Hendricks Family Foundation and the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation will each contribute $18,000 to The First Tee of South Central Wisconsin to help fund implementation of the organization’s National School Program (NSP) in nine elementary schools in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Not long after announcing the grant, Steve Stricker won his first Champion's Tour event, the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona. But first, back to Beloit.
The National School Program trains physical education teachers how to introduce students to the game of golf. The funds donated by the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation and the Hendricks Family Foundation will help introduce The First Tee Nine Core Values program in a physical education class. It's all part of a program strategy to bring in-school, out-of-school and summer programs to hundreds of students in the Beloit area.
"Learning and playing golf will provide students with the chance to develop meaningful relationships with friends, family and co-workers," says Beloit school administrator Anthony Bonds. "Through golf, students will develop skills in negotiation and consensus building. And, they will definitely learn how to be patient and persevere as they learn the sport.”
The program will launch in April of 2018 at the nine area elementary schools.
“The Hendricks Family Foundation is pleased to help seed the launch of The First Tee program in Beloit,” said Lisa Furseth, foundation executive director. “The golf-based, character education program has a strong record of nurturing the social emotional skills of youth and we believe this program can complement existing efforts in our community.”
Now, back to Tucson. Stricker, who serves on The First Tee's Youth Development Advisory Council, redeemed last year's loss to Tom Lehman at the Colorguard Classic firing a 14 under par 205. He finished two shots ahead of fellow advisory council member Jerry Kelly and Gene Sauers and Scott Dunlop.
And yes, he cried.
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38,000 reasons to thank 100 Men
The First Tee staff holds a check from the 100 Men of Dane County for $38,000. The money will help launch our third learning center in Dane County at Nine Springs Golf Course this spring. With partners Leopold Elementary and the City of Fitchburg this after-school Learning Center will bring The First Tee's proven character education and academic curriculum to the kids in this neighborhood. Also look for additional outreach events coming to Nine Springs this summer. Thirty-eight thousand thank yous to 100 Men of Dane County.
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