Grantham Academy Student Plays and Interacts With Golf Champions

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Brandon Francis of Grantham Academy was one of the students selected in the Houston area by Be An Angel Fund, Inc., and the organization’s golf sponsor, Insperity, to play S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf at the Senior PGA Golf Tournament held at The Woodlands Tournament Course on April 30.

The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. (Students Undertaking Challenging Courses Ensuring Development of Sportsmanship and Skill) Golf Program, which is part of the Be an Angel Fund in Houston, features a nine-hole traveling mini-golf course designed specifically for special needs children. The unique curriculum behind the program allows special needs children to have fun, learn a lifelong activity and increase fine motor skills and brain development. 

At the Insperity Championship, the S.U.C.C.E.S.S Golf Program held its culminating event, featuring 12 kids from the more than 500 that participated during the year. The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf Program students traveled to The Woodlands Country Club and experienced their course outdoors.

The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf Program started as an idea born out of a makeshift presentation given by a teacher a few years ago. Bill Shank, the chairman of the board for the Be An Angel Fund, helped spearhead the development of the entire program, but Insperity made the commitment to underwrite the project. The program was originally introduced on a pilot level in Aldine ISD and Humble ISD and has since grown to help children with disabilities in Spring ISD as well.

Students had the opportunity to interact with Champions Tour professionals such as Fred Funk, Ben Crenshaw, Bernard Langer, Mark O’Meara, Craig Sadler and Fuzzy Zoeller to mention a few. Many of the golf professionals at the Insperity Championship visited with the 12 students as they played nine holes of golf. Each student received an award and given a Holy Bear. The smiles, hugs and high fives from participants let everyone in attendance know just how successful the endeavor had been.

Below are a few additional images of Brandon Francis at the event. For more information about the S.U.C.C.E.S.S program, please visit beanangel.org.