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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 Bobby Hendel by members of the PBGCSA, including their President Dan Elchert. “The PBGCSA support has allowed us to continually improve the turf conditions at our golf facility,” said Mark Reid, Chapter Director and PBGCSA member. “Past important projects funded by PBGCSA include our first maintenance building and booster pump.”

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 Club where they learn about golf and life skills with Coach Robbie Rush, PGA and Deputy Reggie Bush.  Students from our Belle Glade programs have been selected to receive Palm Beach County Golf Association sponsored college scholarships.

The Legends Tour, the official senior tour of the LPGA, returned to Delray Beach for the 3rd annual Walgreens Charity Championship presented by The Seagate Country Club. Two Chapter participants were invited to play in the Pro-Am and were paired with LPGA Professionals.  Participant Frances Melendez, pictured above, played with Pro Martha Nause and Participant Janelle Johnson, pictured below, was paried with Pro Becky Iverson. Connie Capanegra, Chapter Program Director said, “Our students had a great time playing with the LPGA Pros.  Frances and Janelle learned some important tips, as both girls are excellent players and are always learning how to improve their game.”

 The end of the year marks a time for giving to our friends and family, but also back to our community.  We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone that has continued to financially support our Chapter.  If you have not yet made a 2016 gift, please consider contributing to our end of the year Annual Appeal.  Our Chapter cannot continue to reach the thousands of young people, Veterans and people with disabilities in our programs without your support. There are many ways to give:

• Checks made be made payable and mailed to: The First Tee of The Palm Beaches 7301 North Haverhill Road West Palm Beach, FL 33407

• Secure online donations may be made at: https:firstteefloridagoldcoast.org/

• Give through The Honda Classic’s Birdies for Children program and receive a 10% match on your gift and receive a chance at winning a new car!  Details below.

The Honda Classic’s Birdies for Children program teams up our chapter with the PGA Tour event to raise dollars with a fun chance to win a new Honda automobile! Our chapter benefits from the proceeds, plus we receive a 10% matching contribution courtesy of The Honda Classic. HOW TO DONATE AND GUESS THE BIRDIES? Make a minimum donation of $20 or more to our chapter and then guess the total number of birdies that will be made by the entire field in all four rounds of the 2017 Honda Classic. CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR DONATION WHAT CAN BE WON? Grand Prize: BRAND NEW 2017 HONDA VEHICLE Awarded to the donor who guesses the correct number of birdies *Note – In the event of a tie, a blind drawing from all correct guesses will determine the winner. Several great prizes will be awarded based on a random drawing from all participants (Donation not required to be eligible to win) WHAT NUMBER SHOULD I GUESS? To help you along, here are the total number of birdies made in each of the last ten tournaments (all have been played at PGA National Resort & Spa – Champion Course):