PEBBLE BEACH, CA – Two major forces in youth golf have created a unique working relationship that promises to introduce more youngsters to golf, it was announced today jointly by Chad Daymont, Assistant Director Foundation Programs of the North California Golf Association Foundation and Joshua Jacobs, President of Total Golf Adventures.
The NCGA Foundation’s Youth on Course initiative offers children across Northern California the opportunity to play some of the area’s best courses for $5 or less while participating youngsters put to use the life skills and values training they learned in their Youth on Course certified program.
Total Golf Adventures (TGA), The Premier Junior Golf Program SM, has come a long way in just five short years as the only national provider of at-school, after school golf enrichment programs. TGA’s programs are currently run in 23 states at approximately 1,700 schools, day care centers and other similar facilities. Since its inception more than 45,000 youngsters in grades K-8th have gone through the five-step teaching program.
“Both of our organizations have the same goals,” said both Daymont and Jacobs. “We not only want to introduce as many youngsters as early as possible into golf, but also teach them skills that will help them all through life…in and out of golf.”
The NCGA Foundation will create one “conglomerate” golf club made up of the individual TGA chapters in which all Northern California TGA members will be enrolled upon signing up for the program. Total Golf Adventures currently operates six franchises in the Northern California area.
In addition to receiving great Youth on Course rates, as NCGA members all participants will also receive a membership card, NCGA Golf magazine, and the ability to establish an official handicap index.
The NCGA Foundation will also team up with TGA territories to bring a schedule of free golf and life skills clinics for youth in Northern California. Clinics will be completely subsidized by the NCGA Foundation. The primary intent of these clinics will be to introduce new kids to golf and continue the golf education of TGA’s current participants.
“Our growth has been strong since we started,” added Jacobs. “Forming a working relationship with the NCGA Foundation further acknowledges that our at-school, after-school golf enrichment program transitions our kids from the schools to the golf course. More importantly, this relationship gives our kids entry to great courses in Northern California and enables our franchises to expose our TGA to a new audience.”
Contact:
ALAN TAYLOR, 516 835 1151; ALAN@ALANTAYLORCONSULTING.COM