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Masters runner-up Tim Clark said that the plight and tenacity of the deaf children and their dedicated teachers he encountered at the Carel du Toit Centre for the Hearing Impaired put golf in perspective for him.
Clark showed his tender side on Wednesday when he visited six-year-old Chevonne Adams to see first hand where his hard earned funds had gone.
Last year Clark donated his R80 000 winnings from the Nelson Mandela Invitational (NMI) to Chevonne to put towards a cochlear implant operation to restore her hearing.
NMI title sponsors Coca-Cola stumped up the other R40 000 to make the operation possible and on Wednesday Clark visited Chevonne for the first time since she underwent surgery for the implant in April.
"I was at the Masters when she had the operation," Clark said.
"To give money and be able to come and see a positive result like this, where someone will benefit for the rest of their life is more meaningful than just contributing to a faceless charity.
"Just to see the joy in the faces of these kids as they fight through these obstacles in life is amazing. The teachers are also incredible and I'm sure they get a lot of joy from seeing how they're helping the kids to a better life.
"I mean, us golfers, what are we really doing? It's puts our business in perspective."
The school was opened in 1973 and is currently led by the colourful and dedicated principal Laurette du Preez, who has been a member of staff since 1981.
To honour Clark's visit various classes demonstrated the power of the cochlear implants to the progress of a child.
Teachers showed the guests how the children were able to communicate normally with implants and how it would enable them to lead a normal life.
Clark and his bubbly girlfriend Candice were honoured with plays and dancing, which again demonstrated how these children have benefited.
The system substitutes a normal eardrum by sending a series of electronic impulses directly to the brain in the same way as a functioning eardrum would. The impulses are recognised by the brain as sound.
Chevonne's mother Cherize, choked back the tears as she thanked Clark for his contribution to her daughters life.
"Since she has been 'switched on' we have seen a 100 percent improvement in her confidence," Mrs Adams said.
"I don't have the words to thank you enough. It was raining the other day so I closed the curtains and Chevonne said, 'mommy what's that?'
She was hearing the sound of the rain against the window for the first time."
Masters runner-up Tim Clark said that the plight and tenacity of the deaf children and their dedicated teachers he encountered at the Carel du Toit Centre for the Hearing Impaired put golf in perspective for him.
Clark showed his tender side on Wednesday when he visited six-year-old Chevonne Adams to see first hand where his hard earned funds had gone.
Last year Clark donated his R80 000 winnings from the Nelson Mandela Invitational (NMI) to Chevonne to put towards a cochlear implant operation to restore her hearing.
NMI title sponsors Coca-Cola stumped up the other R40 000 to make the operation possible and on Wednesday Clark visited Chevonne for the first time since she underwent surgery for the implant in April.
"I was at the Masters when she had the operation," Clark said.
"To give money and be able to come and see a positive result like this, where someone will benefit for the rest of their life is more meaningful than just contributing to a faceless charity.
"Just to see the joy in the faces of these kids as they fight through these obstacles in life is amazing. The teachers are also incredible and I'm sure they get a lot of joy from seeing how they're helping the kids to a better life.
"I mean, us golfers, what are we really doing? It's puts our business in perspective."
The school was opened in 1973 and is currently led by the colourful and dedicated principal Laurette du Preez, who has been a member of staff since 1981.
To honour Clark's visit various classes demonstrated the power of the cochlear implants to the progress of a child.
Teachers showed the guests how the children were able to communicate normally with implants and how it would enable them to lead a normal life.
Clark and his bubbly girlfriend Candice were honoured with plays and dancing, which again demonstrated how these children have benefited.
The system substitutes a normal eardrum by sending a series of electronic impulses directly to the brain in the same way as a functioning eardrum would. The impulses are recognised by the brain as sound.
Chevonne's mother Cherize, choked back the tears as she thanked Clark for his contribution to her daughters life.
"Since she has been 'switched on' we have seen a 100 percent improvement in her confidence," Mrs Adams said.
"I don't have the words to thank you enough. It was raining the other day so I closed the curtains and Chevonne said, 'mommy what's that?'
She was hearing the sound of the rain against the window for the first time."