Featured Athlete /// Golf with Jim Riek


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Fulton Parks and Recreation


I recently arrived at Fulton’s Tanglewood Golf Course for my usual tee time and couldn’t believe what I was seeing! So un-           everywhere! They were laughing and jumping around, having the            large practice putting green was surrounded. The driving range was jam-packed as well. So what was going on?   said Tanglewood clubhouse manager Brendan Weaver. For several years, the city-owned golf course hosted a youth clinic. However, this year the turnout was much larger. “We easily tripled the attendance,” said Weaver.


How did the larger turnout occur in such hot weather? Better        Schools got involved. They helped with the signup process to make it more electronically available to golfers.”


94 /// September 2026


 trict, about 70 youngsters were putting, driving, laughing and enjoy- ing the learning experience. “We had kids ages from 6 up to 15. They  make the high school team,” said Weaver.  Hough Park. I remember when hitting a golf ball, which was not  or Eagles Field. Often it was a swing and a miss! “There were a lot of golfers just wanting to make contact with the ball,” said Weaver.


By coincidence, my grandson Jay from St. Charles was visiting me during the kids clinic. I took him out to play a few holes, and     scribed Weaver.


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