Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

Youth on Course YOUTH ON COURSE GAINS TRACTION IN 2018 By Steve Wilke Photo Credit: HOUR Media DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ĐŽ ŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŐƌŽǁ͘ Ɛ ŽĨ ůĂƚĞ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ũƵŵƉĞĚ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌ ϰ͕ϰϬϬ LJŽƵŶŐ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ Ͷ ƵƉ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϲϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϭϳ͘ ^ŽŵĞ Ϯϱ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ golfers are female. zŽƵƚŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŐŽůĨ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽĂĚĞƐƚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ audience. Youth on Course allows golfers ĂŐĞƐ ϲͲϭϴ ƚŽ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƚ Ψϱ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ƉůĂLJ ĨŽƌ Ψϱ Žƌ ůĞƐƐ ƉĞƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ũƵŵƉĞĚ ƚŽ ŶĞĂƌůLJ ϭϬϬ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϱϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ϮϬϭϳ͘ Youth on Course and other “grow the ŐĂŵĞ͟ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ dŚĞ &ŝƌƐƚ dĞĞ ĂŶĚ W' :ƵŶŝŽƌ >ĞĂŐƵĞƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŚĂŶĚͲŝŶͲŚĂŶĚ͘ Once youth get started in golf and learn its basic skills and core values, Youth on