November 2019 issue - Backspin Magazine | Page 2

Editor-In-Chief Erin Heltz Contributors: Robert Boudreaux Danny Engel Jimmy Headrick, PGA Melissa Hodgson, ABC, APR Rob Noel, PGA Shannon Stansbury David Theoret On the Cover: TPC Louisiana Hole #17 Cover Photo Credit: TPC Louisiana cover: On the Number one at the Bluff’ Golf Course. Backspin Magazine 68361 Commercial Way #6 Mandeville, La. 70471 (985) 956-0297 For advertising and information, please email [email protected]. If you have any stories, photos or articles you would like to send to the editor for editorial consideration, please email them to [email protected]. Subscribe at BackspinMag.com to receive Backspin Magazine directly in your inbox each month (for FREE). Publisher Darrin Heltz November is National Healthy Skin Month. Athletes, such as golfers, spend many hours in the mid-day sun, practicing or competing. It is so important, especially for our junior golfers, to learn at a young age how to properly protect our skin and reduce the risk of developing skin cancer in the future. We may get advice from friends or family on what is the best regimen or sunscreen, but board-certified dermatologists are the experts. They can diagnose more than 3,000 skin, hair and nail diseases — including skin cancer, acne, eczema and psoriasis — and provide effective medical and surgical treatment. As a young person, I never took care of my skin the way I should. Then nearly 7 years ago, when I had a mole removed that I thought was nothing, I got the phone call that said it was basal-cell carcinoma. I had to have a procedure to surgically remove it. After a few stitches and a small scar that remains, I am glad that something urged me to have it checked and now I go in every 6 months for screening. So, during National Healthy Skin Month take a few minutes to learn some tips on how you can take care of your skin as you play on the course or even ride and watch your little ones play. - Erin