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Golf is My Game
BIRDIES FOR THE BRAVE
WHITE COLUMNS | NOVEMBER 2013
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Players sit back and relax after playing in the 2013 Rally For A Cure.
SUMMER 2013 GOLF
ROYAL COUNTRY CLUBS
The Charpentiers and Johnsons have their game faces on for the 2013 2 Kings 2 Queens Couples Tournament.
Ellen Smith and Roberta Wright at the 2013 Royal Hawk Ladies Golf League Member-Guest Tournament.
A NIGHT WITH TEAM REED
HONORING JUSTINE & PATRICK REED’S WIN AT THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB DECEMBER 2013
TUTU & TEA
BLACKSTONE COUNTRY CLUB, COLORADO JANUARY 2014
PORTER’S PLAY GROUND
Sequoia employees and friends traveled to Haiti in December to build a playground at an orphanage in Bois de Lance.
Next up for the Sequoia Foundation:
The 5th annual James 1:27 Golf Marathon, hosted at Flat Creek on April 28, 2014
The First Tee of East Lake Golf-a-thon, hosted at Chapel Hills on June 3, 2014
GOLF IS MY GAME
<slug> GOLF IS MY GAME <hed> Kermit Perry <dek> GOODWILL AMBASSADORKERMIT PERRY | Goodwill Ambassador Retired former assistant athletic director, University of Georgia and Auburn University, and course ranger and starter White Oak Golf Club Newnan, GA
Golf was the last sport to fi nd Kermit Perry. “In high school I played everything I think you could play—basketball, football, baseball, track, tennis in summer—but I didn’t play golf.”
Golf was the last sport to fi nd Kermit Perry. “In high school I played everythingKermit earned a football scholarship to the University of Georgia, and then a shoulder injury ended his I think you could play—basketball football, baseball, track, tennis in summer—but I gridiron days. He adeptly followed that with a track scholarship. Golf began after he bought a buddy’s used clubs in the Army. He started playing a bit during his early career as a football coach and got into it even didn’t play golf.” more while working at the University of Georgia and at Auburn University.
“I’ve developed a lot of special, lasting friendships. I really think when you get down to it, you learn more Kermit earned a football scholarship to the University of Georgia, and then a shoulder about people in one round of golf than you’ll learn anywhere else in life,” he says. “Of course I love the competitiveness. I’m a competitive person, and it’s a game that you never get right.” injury ended his gridiron days. He adeptly followed that with a track scholarship.Kermit, 80, works twice a week, mostly as a course ranger, and on average he plays about three times a week. “I’ve been working here for about 10 years,” he says. “I have had friends who have retired and just Golf began after he bought a buddy’s used clubs in the Army. He started playing a bit dried up—just sat down and did nothing. I feel very connected. I look forward to not just playing; I look forward to going to work.” during his early career as a football coach and got into it even more while working at He continues, “I meet so many people when I’m rangering. I see it as more than a job. I see it as an the University of Georgia and at Auburn University. opportunity for me to make somebody have a little bit better of a day. If I’m polite to them and take time to stop and talk, if I can make them smile and feel like I’ve done something for them, then I’ve had a good day. I’ve done what I was supposed to do.” “I’ve developed a lot of special, lasting friendships. I really think when you get down to it, you learn more about people in one round of golf than you’ll learn anywhere else in life,” he says. “Of course I love the competitiveness. I’m a competitive person, and it’s a game that you never get right.”
Kermit, 80, works twice a week, mostly as a course ranger, and on average he plays about three times a week. “I’ve been working here for about 10 years,” he says. “I have had friends who have retired and just dried up—just sat down and did nothing. I feel very connected. I look forward to not just playing; I look forward to going to work.”
He continues, “I meet so many people when I’m rangering. I see it as more than a job. I see it as an opportunity for me to make somebody have a little bit better of a day. If I’m polite to them and take time to stop and talk, if I can make them smile and feel like I’ve done something for them, then I’ve had a good day. I’ve done what I was supposed to do.”
