Junior Golf Pyramid By David Droschak Starting your child out in a golf program may not be a simple as it sounds if you’re new to the game. Proper direction from the start could mean all the difference in the world as to whether a 10-year-old falls in love with golf or finds the whole…
By Kurt Dusterberg For most golfers, it’s easy to take the game at face value – the nice weather, the camaraderie, the challenge of making shots. A good round of golf is an invigorating break from the everyday routine. But to The First Tee organization, the game of golf is something more. It is a…
By Steve Hanf Score one for the cluttered garage. As Seth Lomison wraps up his junior career and contemplates life as a professional golfer, it’s easy to wonder “what might have been” had he not stumbled upon a lonely club and some old golf balls one day in the family garage. “It was like an…
By Brad King The First Tee has steadily blossomed into a robust national organization that has impacted, influenced and inspired more than 9 million young golfers. Locally, however, when Mike Barber took the reigns as The First Tee of the Triad President and CEO in October 2011, the organization was represented at just three locations with…
Registration for the First Tee of the Triad’s fall program will open earlier than expected because of an overwhelming success story for the summer edition. All the summer programs – spread among various Piedmont Triad locations – are filled to capacity. Locations are Gillespie Park in Greensboro, Winston Lake and The Meadowlands in Winston-Salem, Tanglewood…
The First Tee of the Triad hosted its inaugural awards ceremony at Sedgefield Country Club. The First Tee of the Triad is the local chapter of the international movement to teach children life skills through golf. During 2012, The First Tee of the Triad, the Piedmont Triad program more than doubled the number of participants…