Tips for the Single Father Golfer
By admin at July 27, 2010 | 12:51 am | Print
A single father golfer with money to spare might want to copy the tactics of a former resident of South Hadley, Massachusetts. He had a nine-hole golf course made for his daughter. Later, that course was expanded to the conventional 18 holes. Today that course provides students at Mount Holyoke College with an excellent place to develop their golf skills.
Of course, not every single father golfer can afford to pay for the creation of a personal golf course. The typical single father golfer must find a low-cost way to pursue his interest in golf. He also needs to coordinate his golf-playing time with the time he can spend with his children.
The single father golfer shares more than interest in golf with some of the older men on the golf course. Those older golfers are on a fixed income. Some of them find ways to supplement that income, so that they have more money for enjoyment of an occasional golf game.
How such older golfers secure their extra dollars varies from one senior to the next. This writer has learned personally about an earlier income source of one golfing senior. He set-up a small shop in his basement. There he repaired golf clubs. By charging for those repairs, he got enough money to cover his golfing expenses.
This writer has a bit more information on ways to combine the care for children with a desire to visit the golf course. Her information comes from comments once made to her by a co-worker. He had a son who was interested in learning how to play golf.
The single father golfer might welcome inquiries from a son who was developing an interest in golf. The man who worked with this writer did not object to his son’s inquiries, but he had no access to a resource that could provide answers to the boy’s questions.
The man who worked with this writer had been born and raised in a country where few people played golf. He knew nothing about the game of golf. He would probably have welcomed a chance to have his son meet with a single father golfer.
As the United States welcomes immigrants from all over the world, the children of those immigrants soon choose to pursue the activities associated with American society. Some immigrant children decide to take-up golf.
If their parents know nothing about golf, those parents could benefit from the assistance provided by a single father golfer. The single father might arrange for the parents to care for a younger child, while he goes out on the golf course with any potential adult golfers. He might find that he can teach his own son or daughter golf, while also teaching a child whose parents know very little about golf. .
A single father golfer can also benefit from involvement in a non-profit organization. The holding of a golf tournament provides a non-profit organization with one way to raise needed funds. A single father golfer might volunteer to help with organizing such an event.
A single father golfer could help a non-profit to locate an inexpensive golf course. Perhaps he could convince the course owners that he first needs to try out a course that is under consideration. The single father golfer should have no problem contacting other golfers, those who might be willing to purchase a ticket to the fund-raising golf tournament.
Maybe a group of single fathers would like to form their own non-profit group. They would certainly be aware of unfilled needs, the sort of thing for which foundations offer grant money. Such fathers could submit a grant proposal. If accepted, they would then have good reason to plan and hold their own golf tournament.