Youth golf development program will impact St. Charles County
St. Charles, MO – TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school enrichment junior golf program in the country, continues to expand in the Midwest with a new territory, located in St. Charles County, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Valeria Williams, Shirley Colvard, and Ivan Mickens have come together as partners in this new venture, which will impact the schools and golf courses of St. Charles County.
“TGA is concentrating some of our expansion efforts in the Midwest as we see the potential to impact golf in a major way there. It is encouraging that a highly professional team, with a passion for golf, community and youth will impact St. Charles County,” said Joshua Jacobs, founder and CEO of TGA Premier Junior Golf. “We have every confidence through their experience, TGA will make golf accessible and affordable for students and parents in St. Charles County, by bringing it directly to the schools through our five-level education based programs.”
TGA is one of the country’s fastest growing recreational programs for kids and has rapidly becoming a golden franchise opportunity for self starters who enjoy working with children in a business venture that provides a unique entry into youth sports, education, and the golf industry.
Williams and her team, who have all had professional careers in the St. Louis area for over ten years, were looking for a home-based business that they could partner on when they discovered the TGA opportunity, which Entrepreneur Magazine recently recognized as one of the “Top 10 Franchise Deals in the World”.
Williams, who will act as the CEO for the local franchise, spent 25-years in the manufacturing business during which time she developed a passion for the game of golf and is now very excited to be able to share that passion with the youth of St. Louis.
“I developed a passion for golf while often participating in company team building events and grew to really enjoy the game and the life values you learn from golfing with others”, said Williams. “Through TGA, I can now transfer my love of the game and its life values to new generations of children. I am looking forward to the opportunity to making the game of golf a permanent part of their lives.”
Ivan Mickens, who spent 11-years in the Washington DC school system, sees the TGA program as a way to keep kids active in sports and also out of trouble during the key after school hours. “I love being active in sports and golf and now this gives me the opportunity to pass on my love for the game to the youth of St. Charles County and provide them with a fun learning opportunity that keeps them active after school.”
Williams and her team will begin launching TGA summer golf camps at area golf courses before introducing it to area schools in St. Charles County this fall.
TGA is the largest national after-school program that teaches the fundamentals of the game of golf, its rules, etiquette, and life values, while promoting education for kindergarten students through the eighth grade. Since its inception in six Los Angeles schools in the fall of 2003, the premier junior golf program is now offered nationwide in 2,200 schools reaching 128,000 students in 23 states.
The TGA enrichment curriculum, developed by experts in child and curriculum development, along with PGA and LPGA golf professionals, is a five-level program designed for kids to advance from one level to the next while building self-esteem as well as confidence in terms of education, life skills and character development. The steps also include teaching fundamental math, science, English, and history associated with the program.
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Contact:
TGA of St. Charles County
Valeria Williams – Co-Owner/Territory Director
(636) 443-5971
vwilliams@golftga.com
TGA Premier Junior Golf
Joshua Jacobs – Founder and CEO
(310) 333-0622
joshua@golftga.com
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Kevin Frisch
(989) 614-0241
kevin@fusionmediastrategies.com
