Middle School Golf has been coming to FDR Golf Course and Walnut Lane Golf Club over the past 7 weeks practicing golf and learning The First Tee 9 Core Values. It was a lot of fun watching the students grow both on and off the golf course. Their understanding of the core values reflected in their conduct on the course and we are so proud of their development! They worked hard and it culminated in the Middle School Golf Championship held on November 14th at Walnut Lane Golf Club. Congratulations to Julia R. Masterman School for winning the Championship! Thanks to all the kids who participated this season. We had a blast!
-Coach Anthony Hoffman
Sunday, November 4th
The First Tee annual Jr/Sr Tournament was held yesterday at Walnut Lane Golf Club and what a beautiful day it was! The weather was absolutely perfect! Thanks again to Lunchbox Philly for the wonderful Peanut Butter Jelly Truck!
Congratulations to our winners!
Front 9 Winners: Julian and Marcello Cuirlino
Back 9 Winners: Lenny and Len Gipson
Overall Winners: Julian and Marcello Cuirlino
Thank you all who attended! Check out photos of the day below!
The Philadelphia Association of Golf Course Superintendents stopped by Walnut Lane Golf Club for the 8th annual Volunteer Day. With their help and hard work, the beautification of Walnut Lane continues. Their commitment to our mission has been extraordinary and we cannot thank them enough for their years of support.
Special thanks to Floratine, Ventrac, Shreiner Tree Care, and Arader Tree Service for providing all of the great equipment. The course looks fantastic and we greatly appreciate your hard work!
First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Alumni Louis Kelly spoke at the First Tee Invitational yesterday at the ACE Club. He offered great insight into his journey and the impact The First Tee has had on his life. Thank you Louis for sharing your story!
September 4, 2018
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia had an incredible day yesterday at Walnut Lane Golf Club. PGA Tour Player Chesson Hadley stopped by to conduct a once in a lifetime clinic for our kids. We are grateful for the partnership and support from Wells Fargo
The clinic started off with a First Tee Icebreaker and Chesson joined in on the fun.
Chesson then opened up a question and answer segment with our kids. They asked him numerous questions such as his favorite golf course, his role models growing up, and how his hardwork on and off the course shaped who he is today.
Inside Golf host, Harry Donahue, stopped by our Tea Time for Girls Golf event on August 1st to conduct a few great interveiws. Thank you Jennifer McAleese, Michael Brown, Catlin Plover and Elenia McCreedy from Lilly Pulitzer for helping make this event possible!
Girls Golf segment on Inside Golf
Tea Time for Girls Golf was a tremendous event held at Bluestone Country Club on August 1st. The event helped raise crucial funds for our Girls Golf Program! We had a great 9 hole tournmament followed by a fashion show sponsored by Lilly Pulitzer!! Our girls even got to keep their fashions!! We can’t thank Lilly Pulitzer enough for their wonderful support of the event and we can’t wait till next year.
One of our participants, Caitlyn Plover, spoke at our gala a few years ago and mentioned it was her dream to create and host a Girls Golf fundraiser. We are so happy to see her dream come true!!!
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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SEI Institutional Group generously ran a donation drive for the First Tee. Thank you so much to SEI staff, John and Steve, for organizing the golf equipment drive. These donations will greatly aide our programs and kids!
The Audi Quattro Cup was held yesterday at Walnut Lane Golf Club. The Audi Quattro Cup, the largest amateur tournament series in the world, offers continually growing fascination. Since 1991, more and more Audi importers and dealers from around the world have been inviting their customers to experience golf passion during an exciting tournament day. An expected number of over 100,000 golfers will be competing in teams of two across more than 700 tournaments in the Audi Quattro Cup in 2018. This series is special as every team winning its regional tournament will be invited to the national final and thus has the opportunity to qualify for the World Final.
This event helped raise over $15,000 for our programming!! Thank you for coming out to play yesterday in The First Tee Audi Quattro Cup. Congratulations to our winners, Dave and John MacDonald, who are now headed to Pebble Beach for an all expenses paid five-day trip to play in the United States Audi Final.
Summer is almost here, which means you may be wondering how to fill your child’s time while school is out. This summer, consider an activity that keeps your child active while learning values and life skills that will help them at school and at home: GOLF.
HERE ARE 5 REASONS YOUR KIDS SHOULD LEARN GOLF THIS SUMMER:
1. YOUR KID WILL HAVE FUN
Golf looks different at The First Tee. Kids participate in group classes where they meet others from all walks of life. And they don’t start off by playing 18-holes, which can be really intimidating for a beginner. Our trained coaches come up with fun and creative games to introduce golf concepts to kids. Not convinced? Just wait until your kid plays golf tic-tac-toe!
2. ANYONE CAN PLAY
To a kid, golf may seem like a sport only older people play, but that’s only because golf is a lifelong sport. Imagine playing a game you love and can play forever. We offer youth golf programs to youth ages 7 to 18, no matter their background or experience. Worried about affording the game? The average cost per 6-week session is $72. And chapters offer financial aid, so no kid is ever turned away.
3. MORE TIME OUTSIDE
Studies1 show that kids are spending less time outside these days. At The First Tee, you’ll rarely find us in the classroom. We are in the business of doing, not telling. Increased sports activities lead to improved cognitive and academic skills2, which is why participants are taught the game of golf through experience-based learning, out on the golf course or driving range.
4. LEARN MORE THAN A GOLF SWING
You know that “experience-based learning” we were just talking about? Well, that isn’t just to teach kids the basics of golf. While learning the fundamentals of a golf swing, The First Tee’s character education programs provide a fun, active environment to teach kids how to manage emotions, resolve conflicts, communicate, set goals and much more. They will learn about The First Tee life skills, Nine Core Values and the Nine Healthy Habits.
5. GOLF IS MORE EXCITING THAN EVER
Ask anyone who watches golf today, the game still has a few surprises up its sleeve. A large part due to the return of Tiger Woods and many other PGA TOUR players who are defying the odds. The First Tee has a few surprises too, as we offer many exciting national events for kids who progress through our program, including an event played at Pebble Beach!
So why not pick up the game this summer? You may just end up achieving greatness.
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We would like to thank Chesson Hadley and Wells fargo for providing this amazing opportunity for our kids. It was an incredible day!!
Tea Time for Girls Golf was a tremendous event held at Bluestone Country Club on August 1st. The event helped raise crucial funds for our Girls Golf Program! We had a great 9 hole tournmament followed by a fashion show sponsored by Lilly Pulitzer!! Our girls even got to keep their fashions!! We can’t thank Lilly Pulitzer enough for their wonderful support of the event and we can’t wait till next year.
One of our participants, Caitlyn Plover, spoke at our gala a few years ago and mentioned it was her dream to create and host a Girls Golf fundraiser. We are so happy to see her dream come true!!!
