The Remarkable Story of Rodney Lavard
The Remarkable Story of Rodney Lavard - Rodney Lavard thought he’d heard it all before. The 19-year-old clubhouse attendant at the only golf course in the Turks and Caicos Islands was used to hearing “resort talk” from vacationers. But what Lavard heard on this day was different. This felt almost cruel. Natives of Providenciales, the most inhabited of the Turks and Caicos Islands, know they shouldn’t take too seriously what a vacationer says while staying for even the shortest period of time near Grace Bay Beach. This stunning 12-mile stretch of white sand and turquoise water can make one a little giddy. Caught up in the sheer beauty of one’s surroundings, an island newcomer tends to say things one normally wouldn’t promise. When a golfer from the states said he was going to send Lavard a scholarship application, Lavard flinched. Then he did what he had always done in the past—he smiled and nodded. The vacationer had no way of knowing that this extreme form of resort talk would