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 NYEE and
LPGA Partnership Launches National Research Project
Ladies
Professional Golf Association Press Release
PHOTO: (Left to Right) George
Alexiades, MD, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Joseph Corcoran,
President and Chief Executive Officer, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Debbie
Crews, MD, LPGA National Education and Research Advisory Board; Ty
Votaw, Commissioner, Ladies Professional Golf Association
New Rochelle, N.Y. (July 16, 2003) – The Ladies Professional Golf Association
(LPGA) and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (NYEE) today announced an affiliation, a first-of-its-kind partnership for the
LPGA.
NYEE is the official charity of the Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury, and together with the LPGA will launch a national research project, as well as a grassroots program to bring ear and eye health and education to the New York metro area.
“Our Tour could not exist without the commitments made week-in and week-out by charities like
NYEE,” said Ty M. Votaw, LPGA commissioner. “Now to have extended
NYEE’s commitment beyond the Sybase event through the LPGA and into research projects that may have a profound affect on people’s lives, golfers and non-golfers alike, is an exciting undertaking that will serve the
LPGA, NYEE and the public well.”
“Everyone at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is absolutely delighted to be affiliated with the
LPGA, which not only champions excellence in women’s golf, but also contributes to the well-being of the world community through its research, educational and charitable activities,” said Joseph P. Corcoran,
NYEE president and chief executive officer.
PHOTO: Mr. Corcoran and 2003
Sybase Big Apple Classic winner, Hee-Won Han.
The first phase of the relationship involves a research project exploring the effects of auditory and motion interventions on golf learning and performance. This study will be conducted by Dr. Debbie Crews, a Class A LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) member and a research professor at Arizona State University. Crews will work with
Christopher Linstrom,
M.D., Joseph Arigo,
M.D., and George Alexiades, M.D. at the
NYEE to analyze the effects of auditory/motion training relative to golf performance to determine if differences exist relative to gender and skill level. This research will examine the impact of auditory related elements such as music and balance on a golfer’s performance.
Phase two of the NYEE-LPGA relationship will feature a grassroots program to be launched in the spring of 2004, coinciding with the opening of the golf season in the New York metropolitan area. Details will be announced in early 2004.
In conjunction with this relationship, NYEE will provide numerous services to LPGA Tour players, LPGA T&CP members and LPGA staff: diagnostic and treatment services; on-call availability of the NYEEI 24-hour eye trauma center;
NYEE’s ongoing ocular, ENT and plastic and reconstructive services on a consultation and treatment basis; and complimentary screenings throughout the year.
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About NYEE
Founded in 1820, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is the nation’s first specialty hospital and is consistently ranked by
U.S.
News and World Report as among the best centers for ophthalmology and otolaryngology in the nation.
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is a full-service medical/surgical specialty hospital supported by a 500-member medical staff. It cares for some 20,000 surgical patients and 145,000 clinic outpatients annually.
Its major departments include all aspects of Ophthalmology,
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck
Surgery, and Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary serves many of New York’s neediest – the very young, the old, the poor – with high-quality, yet affordable, specialized services.
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About LPGA
Featuring the world’s best women golfers, the LPGA’s membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals.
The LPGA Tour in 2003 features 34 events, with more than 260 hours of television coverage, and total prize money of nearly $41 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised more than $139.5 million for charity.
From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world’s preeminent women’s professional sports organization. The LPGA has grown from its roots as a playing tour into a non-profit organization involved in every facet of golf.
The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Membership boasts a total of nearly 1,200 women golf professionals who serve as teachers, golf professionals, club managers and coaches. Through the LPGA T&CP Membership, the LPGA is working to increase the involvement of women and youth in golf, as well as contribute to the growth of the sport overall. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the
LPGA, log onto www.LPGA.com.
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About Dr. Debbie Crews
Crews earned her master’s degree in exercise physiology and her doctoral degree in sport and exercise psychology at Arizona State University
(ASU). During this time, she began to systematically study the game of golf.
Her research in the 1980s began with a study examining the physiological and psychological characteristics of LPGA Tour players. This line of research
led to an interest in the value of golf for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Native American children, and various special needs populations.
In the late 1980s, she began a study of the brain and heart as indicators of attention during putting among golfers.
This has been the focus of Crews’ research for the past 15 years.
She is currently a member of the LPGA National Education and Research Advisory Board and has been an instructor for the LPGA National Education Program Series since 1997.
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