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On tonight's show, Gordy talks to the General Manager of the Harbor Shores Golf Club about the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. Then, we'll learn about a youth development program for introducing the game of gold called First Tee. We'll hear about the Boys and Girls Club in Benton Harbor, and Gordy gets a tour of the new Inn at Harbor Shores.
Gordy talks to Ron Smith, the General Manager of the Harbor Shores Golf Club. Ron talks about this Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and highlights a few of the most challenging holes that make this a special place for golfers of all levels. He also explains how having the Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores every other year has impacted the community.
www.harborshoreslife.com
The First Tee is an international youth development program that has a facility at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor that introduces the game of golf and its inherent values to young people. Through after school and in school programs, they help shape the lives of young people from all walks of life by reinforcing values like integrity and respect. Gordy talks to Ebon Sanders, and takes a couple of swings on the golf simulator. (275 yards, but just a little off the fairway- nice try, Gordo!)
http://www.thefirstteebentonharbor.org/club/scripts/public/public.asp
Since they started 15 years ago, the mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor has been to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need them the most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Brian Saxton shows Gordy around this amazing facility and talks about some of their accomplishments and goals for the future.
http://www.bgcbh.org/
Gordy talks to Ron Smith, the General Manager of the beautiful, new Inn at Harbor Shores who gives us a tour and shows us around the brand new marina, too. The inn and marina are built on a part of the Lake Michigan shoreline where another historic hotel-resort once existed. Ron talks about that and the future of the facility and the nearby public walkway along the patio.
http://www.innatharborshores.com/