Our special partnership with Gold Coast Down Syndrome continues to grow. What started as a small class to introduce their students to golf, has grown into two amazing programs. We now host programs for the GCDS adults, teens, and tweens twice a week. Wednesdays the adults meet at the GCDS Center and Thursdays the teens and tweens meet at Drive Shack.
Elleson McCumber, a student at Suncoast High School, and 10 others recently volunteered to help students improve their golf games. Elleson organized this event through the S&S Society with other high school students in the area. The volunteers met students from the First Tee Golf Club at Franklin Elementary and Middle School with Coaches Sam and Dariel. The high school students were paired up with the younger students and accompanied them to three skill stations before heading out to our par-3 course to caddie and play.
Sara Valentine, a Chapter student with Coach Connie Capanegra won her third consecutive Girl’s 11-12 Prep Tour title at Eagle Trace Golf Club. Sara won by three strokes. Way to go Sara!
Kids and teens registered for our on-course programs will soon have a new way to bring First Tee home! The First Tee App has games and challenges that will reinforce the life and golf skills they learn on the course. Your participant will earn badges and points as they complete the activities in the App, encouraging them to continue playing and tracking their progress over time.
The First Tee App will be available for download on your mobile device or tablet or from your computer’s internet browser on May 31.
2022 was a great year! Please review our Annual Report to learn how we impact our community.
Summer is almost here! Enroll your children in our Palm Beach County programs. We have 16 program locations across the county.
Classes are grouped by ages. All ages (from 2 to 18 years old) are invited to Saturday classes at the Finnegan Learning Center at Dyer Park!
2-3 years old: Little Chippers
4-6 years old: Rugrats
7-9 years old
10-14 years old
15-18 years old
For more information and to register, please visit our website.
Harbour Ridge is a huge participant in our 100-Hole Challenge each and last year raised over $17,000 to support our children and veterans.
Harbour Ridge is named from the bluffs that created the harbor and the ridge made by the high bluffs along their River Ridge golf course. This is a fitting name for a club whose defining characteristics include its symbiosis with nature. The Club’s emblem, the eagle, was selected for its beauty and majesty and as a symbol of the Club’s commitment to protecting Florida’s natural resources. Eagles still soar around and make their home in the area.
Volunteers are needed for the US Disabled Open Golf Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie from May 7-10. Scores, spotters and other positions available. Sign up at their volunteer website.
Coach Gabbie’s Girls Golf class just wrapped up, and the girls had an absolute blast! The girls have been spending their Saturday mornings at The Champions Club, and they have progressed from beginners to golfers. Please visit our website to register your daughter for Coach Gabbie’s Girls Golf class.
ARC of St. Lucie County is pictured above with Coach Gabbie Budd, LPGA at our Westside Campus golf learning facility. This group comes every week with big smiles on their faces and always ready to go! They have made such great improvements over the last few weeks, and Coach Gabbie looks forward to seeing them. They brighten her day as much as she brightens their day.
Utilizing a playground area, Coach Ben Miller, PGA was able to introduce nearly twenty local children to the game of golf from the Martin County Parks & Rec J.A.S.E program. For five consecutive weeks, a SNAG driving range was built directly in the middle of the park. With Velcro targets and hula hoops, the kids were introduced to basic golf swing fundamentals. More importantly, the participants were encouraged to demonstrate our core values throughout the programming. A huge shout out should go to Ms. Leticia Farias for engaging with consistent communication and organization which ensured that these children’s time with our outreach programming was maximized.
We have partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters to bring their kids and mentors the game of golf. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a 501 non-profit organization whose mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. This organization works with kids ranging in ages, by partnering up a little with an older volunteer. This group had such a blast at Sailfish Sands! They did an amazing job demonstrating our core values, along with learning golf.
