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Making the cut at the PGA Championship would be nice for Jim Estes, but it pales in importance to his day job. Golfweek talks with Estes about the Salute Military Golf Association and helping disabled veterans to play the game.
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" We started this three years -- getting. Facility access golf clubs. Providing. Venue for people nationwide I mean all the guys that are injured but mostly the guys that watery get him out that hospital situation and we did it 2005 and under the umbrella disabled American veterans they gave us really did and opened the bank account army afterward we did a salute servicemen day. Along and we -- 30000 dollars a symbol of we'll we'll get a volunteer for more chapters to oversee a bank account will put money in there and you can use that money. Towards golf equipment -- greens fees or whatever you want. You know and then partnering with full of honor in and and Dan Rooney major Dan Rooney with Patriot golf day mean. He's doing an incredible thing now is he going back for their tour but he's given me motivation because he's behind me a 100% we're going to work together. Because again area 50000 guys out there that that need our help and we need to reach out these guys at least we can do. You know as I said Vietnam guys. They came to means that -- get treated right and we want we want to do -- these guys are -- you can do for us. And I said well we can open up our golf facility you know and now you know they've done getting facility access. You know we've got about seven -- golf course is now that'll give us free access for these guys and we've got a country club team and talent. That was renamed they put four million dollars and renovation in in the national -- talent. And those guys are gonna get a free membership. Carte Blanche. Free you know dues are going to be paid for. The initiation be paid for. Their cart fees -- green fees all the food you know and that's like -- that's a lot of money so it's great and I and I and I and I know it's going to -- it's going to continue to grow as I was. Allen's other gentleman as a team like Tom -- out really talking to him from the heart about the quality life these gentlemen. From moving from -- military led to transition back into society and seeing how difficult it is. Put this on the perspective I mean I had a terrible day on the golf course but. That's the best that would be that the greatest day in their life to some of my guys can get to do what I got to do today. For them to come down here in this scenario with people watching hitting golf balls knowing that they're not going to hit the ball well. You know maybe you know David coach yesterday he's got a new. Prosthetic leg it's really given him pain he couldn't walk -- and about five or six holes but he was out here walking. He's got a lot of pain in his leg and he was hitting golf ball yesterday Shanken some shots -- and if you. And it was it was it was tough for him to do that. His leg was bothering me yet he still came out here because. He wanted to do that for me -- important for me. To bring this story to them to the World Series because this is a world stage and people need. To know about what these guys are doing going through."
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