Welcome to The First Tee of Greater Kansas City's website.
The First Tee of Greater Kansas City is a youth development organization teaching young people positive values such as honesty, integrity, sportsmanship and confidence while using the game of golf as a tool. The First Tee lessons are taught at five area learning centers and through in-school programs. National independent research has proven that 78% of our participants are learning and using life skills such as goal setting, interpersonal communication, self-management and resistance skills. Perhaps most importantly, many of our participants are receiving college scholarships and career opportunities because of their involvement with The First Tee. All money raised in Kansas City stays here to help local programs. You can help by contributing or volunteering to The First Tee of Greater Kansas City.
If you are interested in how a boy or girl may participate in one of our programs explore "Our Programs". If you desire to become a Sustaining Partner - and we hope you will - we invite you to click on the left to learn more "About Us".
The Junior Golf Foundation of Greater Kansas City is a Missouri not-for-profit Corporation with an IRS 501 (c) (3) designation and is the legal name of The First Tee of Greater Kansas City.
To donate online to The First Tee of Greater Kansas City, please click on the "Donate Now!" button above. Please read below on how to appropriately designate your gift.
Membership-If you are renewing your membership with The First Tee, or becoming a new member, please enter "Membership" in the Designate gift field.
Kansas City Junior Golf Festival- If you are donating for the KC Jr. Golf Festival, please enter "KC Jr. Golf Festival in the Designate gift field and please enter the person you are sponsoring in the Dedicate gift field.
Kentucky Derby Watch Party- If you are making a donation to attend the Derby Watch Party, please enter "Derby" in the Designate gift field.
2012 Ace & Eagle Academy!
The First Tee of Nashville has informed us about the 4th annual Ace & Eagle Academy. This year's academy is held at Golf House Tennessee in Franklin, and begins Sunday, July 15th and ends on Friday, July 20th. This academy will be a week of golf immersion so participants must be Birdie certified or higher, and at least 13 years of age. There will be at least one 18-hole round, a minimum of three nine-hole rounds as well as time dedicated to full swing, short game, course management, and more. There will be three leadership sessions and some fun activities scheduled throughout the week. One of those fun activities being a golf event at the nationally ranked The Golf Club of Tennessee on Monday July 16th.
Click on LEARN MORE below for deadlines, application, and more detailed information.
AB Honor Roll
The First Tee recognizes outstanding academic achievement of all participants through its AB Honor Roll Program. If your child received all A's & B's this past semester, fax, email or mail in their report card so they can receive a certificate of achievement from Joe Louis Barrow, Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of The First Tee. The deadline to submit Spring 2012 report cards is July 15th, 2012. Please click on LEARN MORE to see our Fall, 2011 AB Honor Roll recipients.
Georgetown College is Offering an $80,000 Scholarship to Graduating Seniors!
Georgetown College, the founding institution of The First Tee Scholars Program, is proud to announce a new $80,000 scholarship ($20,000/year). This opportunity is open to all graduating senior participants who apply and are accepted to Georgetown College. If interested and eligible please contact Mary Jo Perino at MaryJo_Perino@georgetowncollege.edu or by phone at 502-863-7986. For more information on Georgetown College please visit their website at www.georgetowncollege.edu.
Act fast, the deadline is May 20th and the recipient will be named on June 1st, 2012!
Spring and Summer Registration
Spring & Summer registration for all classes has begun! Click on LEARN MORE to see the schedules and registration information. Please also remember for your child to be registered the participant permission form MUST be filled out entirely.
Please call Coach S or Ellen Hoeper at 913-648-7177 with any questions regarding Spring and Summer Programming. We are looking forward to another wonderful year!
A FUN-RAISER At Sweet Tomatoes! The First Tee of Greater Kansas City is having a family night at Sweet Tomatoes. Take the family to dinner and enjoy eating healthy while having fun with your family and friends. To sweeten the deal even more, Sweet Tomatoes will donate 15% of sales generated by our organization. So on Thursday, May 31st,from 5-8:00pm come purchase a meal and beverage to help support The First Tee of Greater Kansas City! You must bring this flyer in order for sales to benefit The First Tee!
The Watson Challenge
This year's Watson Challenge is scheduled for June 8th-10th at Indian Hills Country Club. The First Tee of Greater Kansas City is the big winner of this event. The Watson Challenge has donated well over $150,000 to The First Tee. Twenty of the best Midwest PGA professionals and 20 of the best local amateur players and seven special invitees will try to wrest the trophy from Tom this year. Our money is on Tom.
The First Tee will once again need volunteers to help staff the hospitality/ticket sales booth at the event. We encourage parents and kids to sign up together by contacting Ellen Hoeper at ehoeper@thefirstteekc.org. Each shift is about 2 and 1/2 hours. We need to show our appreciation to the members of Indian Hills and Mr. Watson, so sign up to help today.
To learn more about the event click on the Watson Challenge logo above.
Women's Sports Foundation is Accepting Applications for College Scholarships to Support Female Athletes
The Women's Sports Foundation is accepting applications for the Linda Riddle/SGMA Endowed Scholarship. The program's goal is to provide young female athletes of limited financial means the opportunity to continue to pursue their sport in addition to their college studies.
Female United States citizens or legal residents of limited financial means who will be graduating high school in the spring of 2012 and entering college in the fall of 2012 as first-year students are eligible to apply, provided that they have 1) participated on an officially recognized high school athletic team; and 2) maintained a minimum of a 3.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 grading scale. Applicants must also plan to pursue a full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college during the 2012-13 academic year.
Up to four individual scholarships of $3,000 each will be awarded. Visit the Women's Sports Foundation Website for complete program requirements and the online application. http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/programs
We are no longer accepting equipment donations for the time being Due to limited storage space available, we are no longer accepting equipment donations. Please check back with us in a couple months.
Watch Our Video Ever wondered about what some of the kids are like? Click here to watch a video of how three young people have been impacted by The First Tee of Greater Kansas City
The First Tee's Nine Healthy Habits In 2011, The First Tee is introducing a new component to The Life Skills Experience, The First Tee's Nine Healthy Habits. Recognizing a child's development as more than skills, whether golf skills or life skills. The First Tee has teamed with the Annika Foundation and created The Nine Healthy Habits that address emotional and social well being in addition to physical health.
Please take time to learn more about this important topic.
Tom Watson and Friends!
Tom Watson and a group of his friends declare The First Tee of Greater Kansas City as #1!
Seton Hill University is Recruiting Two Golfers for the Fall, 2012 Academic Year
Through our partnerships, The First Tee has just learned of two openings on the Women's Golf Team at Seton Hill University for the fall, 2012 academic year. If you are interested please visit their website at www.setonhill.edu. Once on that site, choose "athletics" then "women's golf" and finally "recruit me." Complete the online questionnaire to be contacted by the head coach, Carolyn Thompson. Click here for general information about Seton Hill University.
Capitol Federal backs In-School Program! The Capitol Federal Foundation has agreed to sponsor our In-School Program with a one year grant. Click on Partners and Sponsors to learn more.
Sponsors
More than Just a Game Here's why golf is more than just a game: It's a Character builder.
"The game of golf comes closest to the game of life. You get bad breaks from good shots, you get good breaks from bad shots—but you have to play the ball where it lies." ...Bobby Jones
"As kids learn to play the game, golf's basic rule of playing the course as you find it and the ball as it lies is bound to follow them off the course and into how they lead their daily lives." ...Tom Watson
THE COURSE is yours to enjoy...You're on the first tee...So, Play Away!
