Playground to Fairway

The BCGA School Golf Program is based on improving children’s basic golf skills, by ensuring each lesson is simple, safe and fun. Children will feel comfortable in a physical setting and will have a positive experience, motivating them to continue golf throughout their adult lives. They will also enjoy more personal success and the schools will develop a partnership with the BCGA.

The clinics feature a CPGA professional, who will conduct an introductory session about the sport of golf with assistance from the teachers. Teachers and community volunteers will observe the instruction and be able to utilize the resources in order to implement future programs for the kids at their respective schools. Resources such as equipment and manuals will be provided if the teachers are interested and are confidant in conducting their own sessions.

• the indoor program runs November to March and the outdoor program runs April to early June and    then  will resume in the second week of September

• clinics are preferably run for an entire day with various classrooms running through, for example: if  grades four and five could go before lunch time and grade sixes after. (concentration for the clinic is grades, four, five and six – target age is nine and up)

• the majority of the clinics are held Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday

• the BCGA provides a complementary visit for the first time in order to establish the BCGA School Golf Program

To register your school for the BCGA School Golf Program, please contact Jody Jackson, School Program Co-ordinator at the BC Golf Association.

jody.jackson@bcga.org

604-279-2580 ext 136