First Tee – Florida Gold Coast

Join us for The Dennis Walters Golf Show on Saturday December 10th at 10am at the Michael B. Finnegan Learning Center located at: Dyer Park  7301 N. Haverhill Road West Palm Beach, FL 33407 The Dennis Walters Golf Show is a one-hour combination of “Golf Lessons and Life Lessons”. It is ...

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Ken Ohrstrom and his family foundation have been fantastic supporters of junior golf in South Florida for many years.  The First Tee chapters serving the counties of Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie have all received generous support from The Ohrstrom Family Foundation. The duo of K...

Believers Academy recently began programming with our chapter.  Believers Academy is dedicated to students with special needs, age fourteen to twenty-one, who are at risk of dropping out school.  The main goal of Believers Academy is to reduce reading and math deficits while building vocational sk...

The team from Guest Services at The Breakers hotel recently played their annual golf tournament to support a local charity.  This year they picked our chapter and donated the proceeds of the tournament to support our mission and programs.  Pictured below: Carl Mistretta, Chapter Executive Director...

We extend our sincerest gratitude to Jack Nicklaus, our Honorary Chairman and a Trustee of The First Tee, and the members and staff of The Bear’s Club for recently hosting our annual 100 Friends tournament. “Our sponsors and supporters simply had a wonderful time,” said Bobby Hendel, Chapt...

Special thanks to our friends at Toro, Audubon International and the Palm Beach Golf Course Superintendents Association for hosting a “Live Green” event for our chapter in Dyer Park. Over 50 students enjoyed a variety of environmental experiences including learning instruction about golf...

Ever try to play golf in your Halloween costume? It can be done! As proven by some of our participants, pictured above. Many of our students, and even our Coaches, attended Halloween Saturday class in their awesome costumes. Check out our Facebook Page to see more pictures of the costumes....

The Palm Beach Golf Course Superintendents continue to generously support our chapter mission through their annual Futures of Golf tournament. At their recent meeting at Admirals Cove, the “big check” was presented to Chapter representatives including Chairman Steve Rockoff and Chapter President...

Since 2007, The First Tee Life Skills Experience has been offered to students in Belle Glade with assistance from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s office. Currently, our partnership is serving youth participating in Christ Fellowship’s after school programs.  Students are transported to Sugar Cane Golf...