Tiger Woods’ learning lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Course holds a special meaning
>>> WELL ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER LIVE LOOKING TO LEAVE MARK IN OUR AREA. BUT, INSTEAD OF ON THE GOLF COURSE, IT IS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION EXPANDED ITS TGR LEARNING LAB TO THE COBBS CREEK GOLF COURSE. CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA’S DAN SNYDER WAS THERE TODAY AS WOODS GOT A LOOK AT THE CENTERS IMPACT. >> IT HAS BEEN A GODSENDS FOR HER. >> Reporter: JAM ILL AL SAID HER DAUGHTERS ALMOST ALWAYS AT THE TGR LEARNING LAB, IT IS A SHORT WALK FROM THEIR OVERBROOK PARK HOME, AND GIVES HER A PLACE TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE. >> KNOWING THAT WHEN SHE IS HERE SHE IS TAKEN CARE OF, THEY KEEP HER SAFE. >> Reporter: SINCE OPENING IN APRIL THE STEAM CENTER HAS HOSED THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE FROM UNDESERVED NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM MUSIC PRODUCTION, TO FORENSIC SCIENCE, ROBOTICS, MORE. FATAH SAID SHE ASKED HER FELLOW STUDENTS HOW THEY DESCRIBE THE CENTER ONE WORD THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST HOME. >> I DIDN’T START THE FOUNDATION, TO PRODUCE GOLFERS THAT HIT GOLF BALLS. I STARTED THE FOUNDATION TO PRODUCE THE GREATEST HUMANS POSSIBLE. >> WHAT SECOND LEARN LAB, BUT WHY COBBS CREEK? MAJOR INFLUENCE WAS CHARLIE SIEVE ORDER, FIRST BLACK GOLFER TO PLAY ON THE PGA TOUR. HE WAS MENTOR TO WOODS, SOMEONE HE SAYS WAS LIKE A GRANDFATHER TO HIM. >> I THINK THERE IS NO GREATER RESPECT THAT I CAN GIVE THE MAN THAN NAMING MY CHILD CHARLIE AFTER HIM. >> Reporter: THE LAB ALSO SERVES AS CENTERPIECE FOR FULL RESTORATION OF THE COBBS CREEK GOLF COURSE WHICH CLOSE IN THE 2019. COBBS CREEK FOUNDATION IS AIM TO GO RESTORE THE HISTORIC SITE, ONE OF THE EARLIEST THAT ALLOW AWE RACES ANDS GENDERS PLAY. THEY SAY DRIVING RANGE AND SHORT COURSE WILL OPEN LATER THIS YEAR WITH THE 18 HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP OLD COURSE SLATED TO DEBUT IN 2027. >> COBBS CREEK WILL BE THE DESTINATION OF PUBLIC GOLF IN PHILADELPHIA. >> IMPORTANTLY, FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN SAYS THEY PLAN REV NEWSPAPER FROM THE GOLF OPERATION TO FUND THE LEARNING LAB. AND WOODS SAYS WHILE THE LAB IS OFF OFF TO A GOOD START, THEY HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. >> BUT THERE ARE ABOUT 2,000 KIDS WITHIN THE RADIUS HERE THAT COULD GET COME HERE.
Charlie Sifford, the first Black golfer to play on the PGA Tour and a mentor to Woods, was a major influence in the decision to bring the TGR Learning Lab to Philadelphia.
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