Fix your swing, win free tickets to U.S. Open

  Don’t let the world’s best golfers have all the fun. Bring your game to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a swing tune-up overlooking the City of Brotherly Love. All participants will also earn a chance to win free a pair of Practice Round tickets to this year’s U.S. Open at Merion. What could be better, a free swing fix and free tickets.

  The Golf Association of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Section of the PGA welcomes Philadelphia-area families for a day of free lessons at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in conjunction with the Museum’s timely exhibition The Art of Golf, on June 8, the Saturday prior to the U.S. Open Championship. The event is SHINE ONLY. Attendees should visit www.gapgolf.org for event status. Those who participate will be entered into a drawing to win two Practice Round tickets to the U.S. Open., and the first 25 participants will receive free admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

  Philadelphia Section PGA Professionals will provide 10-minute free lessons to all in attendance. Lessons will include fundamentals including grip and posture, but will be customized to the skill level of each individual. Complimentary refreshments for participants will be provided by Rita’s Water Ice.

  The Association expects more than 200 golfers from across the Delaware Valley to participate. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., attendees can receive 10 minutes of instruction from members of the Philadelphia Section of the PGA Professionals. The session will end at 3:30 p.m. with a drawing for three sets of U.S. Open Practice Round tickets.

  The event is held in conjunction with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s The Art of Golf, an exhibition devoted to the artistic representation of the sport showcasing The Golfers, a renowned 1847 painting by Scottish painter Charles Lees. Installed in the Museum’s British period rooms, this exhibition demonstrates the fascinating interrelationship of art and sport in Victorian Britain. The Museum is open on June 8 from 10 a.m. until 8:45 p.m. This event will provide a fantastic photo/video opportunity of PGA Professional lessons and the Golf Association of Philadelphia working in the local community.

About the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP)
  Founded in 1897, the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP) is the oldest regional golf association in the United States and serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. Its 142 Member Clubs and 56,000 individual members are spread across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The purpose of the Association is simple: To promote, protect and preserve the game of golf in the region.

About the Philadelphia Section of the PGA
  The Philadelphia Section of the PGA is one of 41 geographical sections of The PGA of America. Each section serves as the managing entity for their designated regions. The Philadelphia Section covers Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, from Trenton – south, Delaware and parts of Northern Maryland. This section manages 860 PGA Members and Apprentices who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region. An Executive Director guides each section, conducting annual elections of officers and committees, administering events, educational programs, workshops and seminars for its members.

About The Art of Golf
  The Art of Golf showcases The Golfers, a renowned 1847 painting by Scottish painter Charles Lees, lent by the National Galleries of Scotland. Also on view in the exhibition are portraits, oil sketches, an historic feather golf ball jacketed in bull’s hide, a silver trophy, antique Scottish clubs of ram’s horn, leather, and wood, and colorful attire that authentically recalls Victorian life on the famed Old Course at St. Andrews.

About the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest museums in the United States, with a collection of more than 227,000 works of art and more than 200 galleries presenting painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, decorative arts, textiles, and architectural settings from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Its facilities include its landmark Main Building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Perelman Building, located nearby on Pennsylvania Avenue, the Rodin Museum on the 2200 block of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and two 18th-century houses in Fairmount Park, Mount Pleasant and Cedar Grove. The Museum offers a wide variety of activities for public audiences, including special exhibitions, programs for children and families, lectures, concerts and films.