{"id":437176,"date":"2025-10-22T06:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=437176"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:38:51","slug":"cedar-creek-corrections-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/cedar-creek-corrections-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedar Creek Corrections: A Chance At Redemption With Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there was one word to describe the game of golf, the most understandable and acceptable would be universal. Universal in the sense that it has been able to touch many around the world, influencing many different lifelong memories and events within the sport. A big reason for this worldwide push we see is the PGA Tour and the many big names that uphold the company in itself. From those like Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods<\/a>, Rory McIlroy<\/a> and Scottie Scheffler, who have all played a vital role in the upkeep of this sport and business. This influence has brought comfort to those who have trouble finding the next happy thought, a big reason for the creation of a golf club within Cedar Creek Corrections center in Washington.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Golf Is Made For Everyone<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

With many inside Cedar Creek Correctional center looking for the next light or even a second chance, the sport of golf has given those eligible just that. Superintendent Tim Thrasher started the Cedar Creek Golf Club, a program teaching inmates patience, discipline, and respect through the sport of golf. Every outing, 12 men are able to use the borrowed golf clubs to hit foam balls across a makeshift course. Something many of the outside may frown upon, but something all 12 men take extreme pride and solace in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys are a small minority of people that are actually probably going to do extremely well when they get out,\u201d Professor Kimora said.<\/a> \u201cNot just survive, they\u2019re going to thrive because of what they\u2019re doing. That\u2019s how valuable what\u2019s going on here is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With the club highlighting three of its members in Nico, Rodron, and Tejuan, men who were once only labeled as inmates now have the chance to exercise a different outlet in life. Although they don’t have anywhere close to the same luxuries as those golfing from the other side of the correctional gates, they are building lifelong memories that no one can ever take from them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking from my own personal experiences, this is new,\u201d Nico said.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m 30 years old and this is completely new. And it\u2019s always something you see as prestige for me. So it\u2019s like, OK, I\u2019m in this situation and it does give me a form of therapy to come up here and be like, OK, I\u2019m about to go golf.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n