Happy Halloween!

Today’s session is a continuation of our Halloween picnic.

We’re going to play golf in costume, eat candy and cookies left over from yesterday and maybe even watch a movie in the clubhouse.

We’re going to have fun. We’re also going to make sure that we’re not having too much of it, and what we have we’re going to share with other golfers.

Objective

Showing up in costume will be fun for our students but might be disruptive for other golfers. We can use this a teaching moment. It’s covered in section four of our Academy Code: “our fun or unfun should not ruin fun for others.”

Expected outcome

Sixtyone golfer understand how to have fun without ruining it for others. If could be annoying to be in costume, having a blast, sharing gifts, eating candy and other shenanigans around people without these things. So, we should, at the very least, offer to include them. We should share our fun.

Sixtyone students should learn to recognize how they can lift someone else’s spirits just by being Sixtyone.

Change. Think. Golf.

Big questions

1. Do you think it is possible to have too much fun?
2. Can you give me an example of a time you had too much fun?
3. Why do you think golf is different?
4. Have you ever called a penalty on yourself?
5. Do you think that honesty, integrity and being noble are valued today?
6. How would you explain the difference between strategy and tactics?
7. Can you explain the importance of goals and strategy in your own words?
8. In your opinion, what part of our code deals with strategy?
9. What did you think about the latest challenge?
10. Do you have any new golf words you want to discuss?
11. Do you think you can stump me with a word/golf rule?
12. What are three things you like about golf?
13. What are you proud of that you’ve done today?
14. Did you have your comeback shot yet?
15. What level of your best are you today?
16. What do you think you could improve on today?
17. What makes you proud about being a golfer and or being Sixtyone?
18. What do you do when you want to be happy?
19. What could you have done differently today?
20. What do you know that you could teach someone else?
21. Can you teach me something?
22. What could I do to be a better coach?
23. What would you change about golf if you were in charge?

Activities

• 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Golf course session
  • Play nine holes with high schoolers and select golfers.
• 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Set up and area assignments
• 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Open session
  • High schoolers and khaki hat golfers in charge of organizing putting games.
  • White hat golfers in charge of showing newbies the lay of the land.
• 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Introduction clinics
  • All new students grouped together and have introduction to putting, chipping and range.
  • Khaki hat golfers assist in clinics and are released to the course with adequate supervision.
  • White hat golfers put in their work (putting, chipping and range), supervise newbie golfers and released to the course if adequate supervision available.
  • Try to get newbie golfers out onto the golf course when possible.
• 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Wrap up
  • Return all equipment to the dungeon.
  • Food and refreshments when applicable.