any hobbies. I didn’t want to be social. I was isolated for pretty much a decade. PGA HOPE totally changed my life.” 13 handicap. He is now in a secure marriage. His son, Justis lives in North Carolina and is an engine mechanic in the Air Force. His daughter, Jordan lives in Georgia. “Through the PGA HOPE program and the pilot program I found a new mission and I still ride in line with who I am as a person in continuing to care for our nation’s Veterans. The value of that bond, that is deeper than deep.” Because of PGA HOPE, “Life is good when it wasn’t not all that long ago.” To learn more about how PGA HOPE helps veterans visit their website: https://www.pgareach. org/services/military. Two years later he has become deeply involved with PGA HOPE. He represented the Utah PGA Section as one of 20 Ambassadors last fall at National Golf and Wellness Week in Washington, D.C. He shares his experience with other Veterans and truly cares about them, on and off the golf course. He even started a new program called SCOUTS, supporting community outpatient urgent care telehealth services. He assists Veterans, age 65 and older, through telehealth visits with their physicians, physical assessments and anything that needs to be done following a surgery, or hospital visit. Turner does play golf in his spare time and is down to a
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