Wednesday
Wednesday afternoon, I arrived at Orlando International Airport, ready to attend The First Tee’s 20 Year Anniversary as one of the 28 participants of The First Tee’s Outstanding Participant Summit. Where I met the other participants and our lovely, energetic instructors Al and Ted.
Thursday
Early Thursday morning, the breakfast hall featured booths that each displayed different programs that were related to The First Tee.
Later on that day we had many guest speakers at General Session. During our Outstanding Participant classes, Mr. Joe Louis Barrow Jr. spoke to us about the importance of “keeping golf alive at a young age.”
Friday
We had an interesting early morning General Session with guest speakers such as Mr. Ken Blanchard of the Blanchard Institute, Stedman Graham, and Rayshon Payton.
That afternoon we went to the Dare 2 Escape’s Escape Room. My group was assigned the creepy room, which was filled with evil spirits and crazy puzzles we had to solve. After that we traveled to Disney Springs where we were able to have a fun time and shop.
Saturday
At General Session, our guest speaker Dan Pallotta gave an in-depth speech about the consumer market and about charities net worth. That afternoon, the Outstanding Participants were able to meet Annika Sorenstam and ask her questions, then take pictures with former president George W. Bush and also ask him questions. At the ending Gala, eight of the Outstanding Participants gave speeches about each of the Core Values and former president George W. Bush spoke about the last one.
