Category: 5th Grade

For my capstone I interviewed Kevin Ausserlechner, Fairview Country Club Golf Pro. We talked about different ways that science has an effect on golf and different ways science is used and technology is used to make golf an easier game to play. I got the chance to learn new things I didn’t know before while talking with Kevin. I took notes on what he was saying and what he was showing me. Kevin when he was a kid also did a project sort of like this. He made a video of him playing a hole and then kneeling down into the camera to tell what was going on. Now that we have great technology the final product looks a bit more professional. My site visit was Fairview Country Club, Greenwich Connecticut, founded 1904. For only the first three weeks of this project it has been an awesome experience and should be a great journey of learning all about the science of golf. Here is one part of the interview that I had on 5/8/18.

For my capstone I am researching “The Science of Golf”. A capstone is a finishing to usually a wall but for our class it is the finishing of the school year. I will be doing my research for my capstone based on my main inquiry question and my sub questions. I will also be interviewing golf experts and visiting different sites to learn more. My main inquiry question that I will be doing my research on is “How are golf courses designed to be hard and get harder to play”. A few sub questions that I have are, “How do trees impact the game?”, “How are the grounds of courses taken care of?” and “How does the weather affect how far the ball goes?” I have many more but those are just some of them.

This project is a 2 month project and our class will be working on most of the time in class unlike passion project which was done mostly at home. Everybody in are class will be working on researching, answering questions and getting interviews with experts of that topic. In the end we are hoping to learn from others about there topic and learn from yourself.

For my capstone I choose the topic “The Science of Golf”. I am interested in learning and studying all about the science of golf with different interviews, research, questions and different facts. My main hope is to learn and get better at this subject but also to teach others about this subject as well. I have been playing golf for 5 years and there is an insane amount of things that are out there for me to learn about and become better at golf.