Category: News

Fun With The Ambassadors

Our Ambassadors had a great night at the sold-out social event at PLA Sports Bar inside the big guitar at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. 30 Ambassadors and guests attended an amazing evening of raising money and awareness for our mission.

The First Tee – Broward Ambassadors Club invites you to join our network of active Broward County based individuals dedicated to the mission of First Tee. The Ambassadors support our Chapter through fundraising, volunteer efforts, and by broadening awareness in the Broward area as ambassadors of our local chapter.

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Spring Registration In Full Swing

Our spring programs are under way.  Enroll your children at one of our 11 Martin and St. Lucie Counties program locations. 

For more information and to register, please visit our website by scanning the QR code.

Students Have A Blast At Junior Clinic

As always, Tuesday of tournament week featured our annual Junior Clinic.

Dennis Walters, and PGA Tour professional Parker Coody hosted this year’s clinic.  The event began with Dennis and Gussie putting on their inspirational show of chasing your dreams featuring golf trick shots.  Gussie even hit a few shots.  Does Dennis ever miss a shot?

Parker is the grandson of 1971 Master’s Champion Charles Coody.  He played college golf at the University of Texas before turning professional and earning his PGA TOUR card.  Parker talked to the kids and teens about his cherished memories playing golf with his grandfather and the importance of the short game that leads to lower scoring.  He watched chapter student Wylie Inman hit some drives and challenged him to a long drive competition.

Hot dogs and snacks were served to all that attended.  Over 60 juniors joined us for the clinic.  

Women’s Leadership Forum

Chapter students, staff and Coaches attended the annual Women’s Leadership Forum Wednesday of tournament week. The forum was an enlightening and educational event attended by more than 150 current and emerging women leaders to join in celebration to discuss leadership development and female empowerment.

The leadership guest speaker was Ann Ligouri, a nationally renowned sports radio and cable sports talk show host, interviewer, reporter, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

All the ladies also enjoyed celebrating the First Lady of Golf– Barbara Nicklaus’ birthday!

Our table stole the show in their stylish outfits generously donated by Lilly Pulitzer. Staff, coaches, and students included Gabbie Budd, Nyla Sims, Patty Cepeda-Russell, Mariana Flores, Cienna Collado, Jessica Stark, Abelina Wakeland, Sydney Rogers, Audrey Bacic and Chloe Chistofidis. 

ACE – Game-Planning For The Future

Join our Ace Program!  Ace is an additional capstone program built for teens to help them game-plan what’s next. It integrates the skills and inner strengths they’ve developed at First Tee and points them toward exploring, investing in, and building a clear plan and assets for their next step. In 2024, there will be 7-10 “ACE Days” that will take place during a day off from school where students will gather to complete projects and play golf. This is a program that is a benefit to your eligible students and is in addition to your already existing First Tee program. Students must be 16 years old and an active participant in our program for at least 3 years. 

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Programs In Full Swing At North River

Afterschool programs are in full swing at The Shores of North River! Every Tuesday, Coach Gabbie Budd, LPGA hosts two classes for students of all ages and abilities. These students show so much enthusiasm and excitement towards the game of golf. 

Please visit our website to register for programs at North River.

Game Changers With The Baron Academy

Our chapter started working with the students at The Baron Academy earlier this year. This partnership has been tons of fun for the students and the coaches. Coach Gabbie Budd, LPGA, and Coach Sasha Lobel have a great time every week with these Game Changers. They come to class excited and have improved their game immensely over the last six weeks.

Ocean Village Continues Generous Support

For the second year in a row, the ladies at Ocean Village Club have chosen our Chapter to be the recipient of the proceeds from their Friendship Day tournament.

This event, hosted by Betsy Delaney and the committee at Ocean Village Club, was a wonderful collaboration, and our students are very grateful for Ocean Village Club’s continued support.

This year, the ladies at Ocean Village were able to generate $6,000 to support our mission and programs. Their generosity is truly inspirational.

This new event will be managed by Pro Links Sports, a nationally recognized sports marketing and event management firm that assists in running several PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions tournaments.

Congrats To Our Pebble Beach Raffle Winner

Congratulations to Phil O’Connor for winning our Pebble Beach Raffle! He won a 3-night stay at the Lodge at Pebble Beach and a foursome to play one round at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course. Thank you everyone for entering and supporting our children and veterans.

Sponsor Spotlight: James Hardie Tourney

The inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational will be hosted March 31–April 6, 2025, at the Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Florida. The tournament will feature a field of 78 PGA TOUR Champions players competing for a purse of $2.2 million dollars. Playing alongside the Champions Tour players will be 26 football legends, who will tee it up on Friday and Saturday of the event. The three-day tournament will be televised on the Golf Channel.

The James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational will support our Chapter, Habitat for Humanity and the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation.

Spring Registration In Full Swing

Our spring programs are under way.  Enroll your children at one of our 11 Martin and St. Lucie Counties program locations. 

For more information and to register, please visit our website by scanning the QR code.

LPGA Champions Clinic

LPGA Tour champions Marina Alex and Ashleigh Buhai with Chapter Director Jennifer Hong hosted a junior clinic for over 50 of our students on The Champions Club’s driving range and short game area. Marina, Ashleigh and Jennifer interacted with the students and offered instruction on their full shots, putting and chipping with help from our Chapter Coaches. Our friends from the new girls’ clothing line of Marie Birdie passed out gift bags and cookies. The Kona Ice truck topped of the morning with cold treats. SHOUT OUT to David Ladd, PGA and the entire staff at The Champions Club for making our junior golf clinic with the pros such a great day!