By Jim Tucker
When a young Aboriginal boy swung a golf club for the first time at remote Tennant Creek and struck the ball perfectly, the look of wonderment spread across two faces.
In moments like that, Golf Australia’s Brodie Morcom knew the six-day roadshow he’d embarked on to remote communities of the Northern Territory was a winner.
So did the 11-year-old boy who’d curiously picked up a cut-down seven iron and clipped the ball 70 metres off a synthetic turf mat at the school oval.
“The kids trying golf had some great reactions but the looks of wonder were more on my face,” said Morcom, GA’s Relationship Manager (Northern Territory).
“Seeing such natural talent for ball sports, of all kinds, is such a rare thing. You’re showing some kids once and they just get it.
“That grade five boy at Tennant Creek Primary School literally saw me hit it once, copied and hit…