Former PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem led the launch of First Tee in 1997 and was honored Monday, October 8, with the youth development organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award, its highest ...
Larry Rubama: First Tee program is a diamond in the rough for golfers young and old ...
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. — Four years ago, President George W. Bush had a big surprise for seven exemplary First Tee participants. First Tee’s honorary chair told the teens they were selected as ...
Ricky Davis remembers his first impression of golf. It was two years ago when his uncle took him to a course. "I'll never get this game," Davis said he remembers saying at the time. "This is something ...
In attempts to teach children important life skills through golf, tournament-quality putting greens will officially open in Acres Homes next week. Last year, Acres Homes was granted a chapter of The ...
EAGLE COUNTY ” A kid about the size of a 9-iron smacks a golf ball and winces as it slices to his right. He has learned a life lesson ” put your mistakes behind you and deal with what’s in front of ...
© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is giving a $10 million grant to First Tee, a program that ...
National youth development organization First Tee is proud to host the 2025 First Tee Leadership Summit in partnership with PGA TOUR Superstore, taking place over the next two weeks at West Creek ...
MARANA, Ariz. – The First Tee announced Tuesday that Golf Channel will become the youth development organization’s media partner in 2012. Golf Channel will provide exposure to The First Tee in an ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A black man in a green jacket inspired so much hope to change the color of golf. Six months after Tiger Woods became the first golfer of African-American heritage to win the 1997 ...
The First Tee of Southern Colorado program at the Four Mile Ranch Golf Club has not only begun to see the fruits of its labors on the green but also in the lives of local children. Launched in March ...