Registration under way for annual golf academy

NEVADA -- The Nevada High School golf program is set to host their annual golf academy for all interested youth who have completed first through eighth grade.

The academy will consist of four sessions that are geared toward teaching the basics of putting, the full swing, chipping, pitching, golf etiquette and the rules of the game. The cost of the clinic will be $30 and will include a T-shirt, four instructional sessions and entry into the tournament that is to be held on the clinic's final day.

The four instructional sessions will be held at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course in Nevada June 21-25, with first through fifth graders going first from 9-10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the sixth through eighth graders from 10:30-11:45 a.m. Entry forms can be picked up at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, Truman Elementary of Nevada Middle School.

For more information, contact Nevada High School head golf coach Brian Leonard at (417) 667-8453 or (417) 448-9411, or look online at www.teacherweb.com/MO/NevadaHighSchool/BrianLeonard/ and then click on "NHS GOLF ACADEMY."