The First Tee is a youth development program that offers education, fitness, wellness and life skills to children using golf and its inherent values as context.  Employing activity based programming students begin to acquire life tools and skills to reinforce what  they learn at home and in school.

Levels advance on one another and our participants have had measurable and successful results with golf, volunteerism and educational achievement

The First Tee is a national and international program with over 500 Chapters in the U.S. and is recognized by private and public agencies as one of the most effective programs in the country.

The First Tee is a 501-3c and all programs are subsidized by County facility support, concessionaires, private and public donations.

 The First Tee Life Skills Experience Levels

TARGET outreach (recommended minimum age 5)

·        1-4 classes or hours

·        General introduction to The First Tee

·        Primarily off-course programming, scoring is non-factor, uses age appropriate equipment called SNAG (Starting New At Golf)

TARGET registered (recommended minimum age 5)

·        5-15 hours

·        Geared toward attracting participants to The First Tee

·        Introduce real golf clubs, programming done primarily at a golf facility

PLAYer (recommended minimum age 7)

·        New entry point for all registered participants

·        Focus on the aspects related to PLAYING the GAME of GOLF

·        Introduce “what to do” before “how to do it”

PAR (recommended minimum age 9)

·        Basic golf and life skills certification program for registered participants

·        Emphasizes interpersonal communication and self-management skills

BIRDIE (recommended minimum age 11)

·        Basic golf and life skills certification program for registered participants

·        Primary life skill addressed is goal-setting

EAGLE (recommended minimum age 13)

·        Basic golf and life skills certification program for registered participants

·        Primary life skill addressed is resistance skills

ACE (required minimum age 14 or entering 9^th grade)

·        Advanced golf and life skills certification program for high school participants

·        Helps participants develop as individuals and as assets to their communities
 

Eisenhower Park

Certification rounds will be played at 3pm each Saturday and Sunday.  You must sign up for these a week in advance during regularly scheduled classes.

Each 6-week session has an $85 fee and scholarships are available.

Registration Details and Forms are available below.

Or contact Abigail Wade at firstteeabby@yahoo.com