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First Tee – Central Arkansas participant Isabella Curtis understands the importance of setting goals. The 14-year-old does it every year for school and sports. She aims to shoot even par in a golf tournament this year. Ultimately, she’d like to play college golf, she said.  Curtis, who also plays volleyball, has only been golfing for […]

Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming Summer Tournament Series. For more information or questions you have about the Game Changers Tournament Series please reach out to Cameryn at [email protected].

Brunswick is a beautiful place on Georgia’s historic coastal plain, but it’s not a big city. In a small community like Brunswick, it’s pretty easy to stay informed, said Jim Ruger, a coach at First Tee – Golden Isles.  “About a month ago in the local newspaper, I saw a photo of a high school […]

Dear Mr. Blank,  Hello, my name is Nathan Vertes. I was honored to participate in the 2023 First Tee PGA TOUR Superstore Leadership Summit last week at your beautiful West Creek Ranch and felt like I needed to follow up on my thank you note. I have never seen such a beautiful place. I met […]

The world just turned its attention to Toronto for the PGA TOUR’s RBC Canadian Open. Meanwhile, First Tee – Canada is also taking a moment to reflect in honor of Canadian National Indigenous History Month.   First Tee – Canada is made up of five chapters: First Tee – British Columbia, First Tee – Premier départ […]

First Tee – Los Angeles coach Leroy Bates estimates he’s helped more than 1,000 kids earn college scholarships over the course of his decades long career.  He tries to instill values like integrity and responsibility in addition to golf skills. It’s why he connected so deeply with First Tee’s youth development style when he first […]

Ethan Selvers believes people should be proud of who they are. It’s what inspired him and a group of classmates to speak with their school’s administration and other classmates after anti-Semitic graffiti was found on campus at his high school last year.  “We spoke about intolerance with everyone in the class. I shared my family’s […]

Jayda Dookie didn’t quite know what she was getting into when her high school coach reached out about a caddying opportunity at Seminole Golf Club.  Ranked the top course in Florida for the last 35 years by Golf Digest, the Club has a rich history of hosting the corporate elite along with a couple of […]

Felipe Obando may now be studying at the Keiser University College of Golf. But it wasn’t always a given that the sport would play an important part in his life.  Obando has long been a passionate artist, and in fifth grade, he won an art contest that not only awarded him tickets to The Honda […]

The Turn is a program designed for participants 12 and up to engage with their peers around topics they all face in their daily lives at home, during school, and on the golf course. The Turn brings together students from diverse backgrounds to discuss their experiences related to social, emotional, and mental health. These diverse […]

By Sara Wright, PGA TOUR Henry Mentzel was just seven years old when he was first introduced to First Tee. His parents had been searching for some basic golf lessons for their son and stumbled across First Tee — Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Little did they know, this program would end up providing so […]