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Local Youth Golfers Learn About the 4R’s In Zoom Meeting With Korean Counterparts

Published on Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 4:51 pm
 
Screenshot of a 2020 conversation between the two First Tee – Pasadena and the First Tee- Korea chapters. (Image courtesy First Tee-Pasadena)

During a recent Zoom meeting, teenage golfers in South Korea learned more about four words that will help them not only in their sport, but in life.

Those words, the 4r’s, are: Replay, Relax, Ready, Redo, a tool that First Tee, an international organization which teaches young people to build a better understanding of themselves, uses to keep youngsters emotionally cool when dealing with a frustrating or difficult circumstance.

The March 19 Zoom get-together between First Tee-Korea members and their counterparts with First Tee-Greater Pasadena, was the result of a Sister Chapter Agreement signed in December 2019 by First Tee–Greater Pasadena Executive Director Bob Baderian, who formerly served as the director of Parks and Recreation and assistant city manager for the city of Pasadena before retiring in 2002, and Mike Kim, executive director of First Tee-Korea

The group says on its website it sees “golf as a metaphor for life — a game with unexpected challenges and ups and downs that help build strengths beyond the technical skills to play the game.”

Baderian, according to a recent release, reported that during last month’s online meeting the youngsters from each chapter experienced true cross-cultural communication. Topics of conversation included such things as holidays with family and friends, as well personal interests, and the pandemic, which is hitting South Korea hard.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning against traveling at all to South Korea for nonessential reasons.

During the meeting, First Tee–Greater Pasadena member Stephanie Foley was more than willing to attempt to correctly pronounce the Korean words and received applause from her fellow members as she spoke with accuracy.

First Tee–Korea member Jake Jaeoh Han and Par level student shared his excitement for the upcoming baseball season, a commonality between both parts of the world for the love for baseball.

Participants from each chapter spoke about other topics too, like what is the most popular food to eat during Lunar New Year in Korea, which is rice cake soup, and how Valentine’s Day in America celebrates sharing love with family and friends.

With the help of First Tee–Korea’s Program Director Jiyae Seo, the 4r’s were introduced in Korean and slowed down enough for repeating.

During the meeting the two chapters confirmed plans by the Korean chapter to travel to the United States in 2022, if travel conditions permit.

To learn more about the First Tee, visit www.firsttee.org.

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