Brainerd High School golfer James Ford, Jr., left, sets down his bag, while McCallie Blue Tornado golfers Bobby Jones, center, and Brady Jackson, walk with him along the fourth hole fairway at Brainerd Golf Course. Ford is a member of the newly revived Brainerd High golf team; the team has not existed for several decades.They looked like golfers in the morning walking through the halls of Brainerd High School decked out in new, white, Nike Dry-Fit polo shirts.
And they felt good too.
They looked even more like golfers when they arrived at Brainerd Golf Course in the afternoon for the first match a Brainerd team has played in a generation.
“This was my first time really playing golf,” Christian Sinclair said. “I had a lot of fun today. I can see this becoming a hobby.”
Somebody donated the shirts. Somebody else donated visors. Several folks — from widows to Honors Course members — donated clubs. Another party even stepped up and donated high-end Nike golf shoes that retail for more than $150 since word started spreading that the inner-city school started up a golf team.