Johnny Isakson: “I rise to pay tribute to the Professional Golf Association of America for what they are doing with the First Tee…”

“I rise to pay tribute to the Professional Golf Association of America for what they are doing with the First Tee program. In Atlanta, Georgia, there is an area known as East Lake. Over the years, East Lake became an abandoned country club. The East Lake community of Atlanta became the worst of Atlanta's inner-city poverty, crime-ridden neighborhoods. This fall the PGA championship will be played at East Lake. What happened is a man named Tom Cousins in Atlanta bought the property and decided to change the lives and change that community. He redid the golf club. He bought abandoned houses and homes. He leased for $1 a year the public school and built a $28 million YMCA day care center and public school, and he established fundraisers for First Tee. The first professional to come to Atlanta for that fundraiser was Tiger Woods.”