… In recent years, Veterans Day has been celebrated with free golf lessons and tournaments throughout the country to honor those men and women who paid great service to this country. At Leo J. Martin, it was a day to be among friends with big hearts so Lynne was there to support a group called “Golf For All,” a charitable group that is committed to making golf accessible for all.
Bob Beach and Fred Corcoran, a pair that beats four of a kind, offered a moment of silence for Jack Waldron of Dedham, Mass., whose colorful life featured duty with the 82d Airborne in 1956-58 and many years in local golf circles before he died two months ago at 86. There were tributes paid to Waldron, then buckets of golf balls were emptied as Tracy Hightower, Arthur Stratford, Resnick, and others emptied large buckets of balls.
“It’s the least we can do,” said Beach, who has never said no to a child with autism, a Special Olympian, anyone with Parkinson’s, a stroke victim, or anyone disabled. The game of golf is an incredible medicinal avenue and Beach for decades has been helping dispense it and he smiled warmly as he offered tips to the veterans who attended on this unseasonable warm Veterans Day.” …
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