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Colorado PGA Junior Golf PlaybookA Resource for Colorado PGA Professionals on the entire Colorado PGA Junior Golf Program

March 2014

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Welcome Hello fellow golf professionals,

By now you have heard or read about the Colorado PGA’s role and mission in the area of Junior Golf. We have been working hard to create what we believe to be a monumental opportunity for you, your facilities and, most importantly, the youth and families of our Colorado Section. It is our hope that you will find value in this publication to ignite a spark, fuel a flame or create an inferno in the area of junior golf. This is a dynamic document and will change as our programs continue to grow.

We are excited to be part of an organization that with collaboration of many successful junior programs across the country, is ready to launch forward with the vision that youth golf should be a stepping pattern of progress and development.

Just as other youth sports are designed, the Colorado PGA is now armed with a clear chart of progression and an informational hub- www.coloradopgajuniorgolf.com that a parent can navigate with ease.

It is our job as your Section Leadership to ensure you have all the tools you need to create, build, enhance and expand the opportunities for juniors at your facility. Our Junior Golf Director is available to meet one-on-one with anyone to provide clarity and ideas and to learn from you on how we can work together to grow the game, grow your business and grow healthy and successful children.

Warm Regards,

Barry Milstead, PGAPresidentColorado PGA

Contact InformationErin Diegel, PGAJunior Golf DirectorColorado PGA6630 Bear Dance RoadLarkspur, CO 80118ediegel@pgahq.com(O) 303.996.1591(Cell) 303.667.3102

Table of Contents Certified Junior Facility 4

Junior Membership 5

Golf in Schools 6

PGA/YMCA Summer Camps 7

Girl Power Golf 8

Team Golf 9

Junior Tour 12

Drive Chip and Putt 13

PGA Junior League 13

Appendix 15

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CPGA Certified Junior Facility A Colorado PGA Certified Junior Facility is highlighted as being a facility that provides a first-class junior golf operation with programming objectives consistent with the evolving practices and techniques of today’s youth. For $250 per calendar year, a certified facility will receive an optimized search capability with a listing of programs offered on coloradop-gajuniorgolf.com, an opportunity to market a “Kids play Free” incentive and the ability to offer a $20 discount to any junior wishing to become a Colorado PGA Junior Member.

Kids Play FreeAt the 2013 Denver Golf Expo, Meg Mallon and Dottie Pepper, the Captain’s for the 2013 USA Solheim Cup Team, were posed a question about the biggest deterrent in the growth of Junior Golf and their answer was loud and clear: Access, Access, Access.

The Colorado PGA is proud to present an opportunity for all Junior Members to participate in a Kids Play Free Campaign. Much like Colorado Ski Country offering 5th graders an opportunity to learn the sport of skiing or snowboarding for Free, we will offer juniors the ability to utilize 3 “free” opportunities at participating fa-cilities. Particpating facilitites will have complete control on their offer which can be any practice or playing oppor-tunity. This presents a great benefit to junior members but also allows the facil-ity to track particular demographics of those golfers. Through a customer man-agement application or via web brows-er, a facility can identify the who, what, when, where, and why of their junior customers.

A facility who is interested in participat-ing in this campaign will need to be a Certified Junior Facility and will gain ad-ditional exposure on the Kids Play Free opportunities listed on www.coloradopgajuniorgolf.com.

Click here to access the 2014 Colorado PGA Certified Junior Facility Agreement

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CPGA Junior Membership With the Colorado PGA Junior Membership, we are creating a sense of community and be-longing for junior golfers. Through the involvement of membership, juniors will be eligible to participate in Team Golf events, Colorado PGA Junior Tour events, and take part in our “Juniors PLAY FREE” initiative.

Membership is good for one calendar year and can be purchased on-line at www.coloradopgajuniorgolf.com or through any Certified Junior Facility. Cost: $50 or $30 via your Colorado PGA Certified Junior Facility’s Junior ProgramBenefits: • Colorado PGA Junior Membership Card

• Registration access to all Junior Tour and Team Golf Events

• Access to the Colorado PGA “Kids Play Free” Program (May-August)

• Colorado PGA Junior Logo Hat

• Colorado PGA Junior Logo Water Bottle

• Bag Tag

CPGA InflatablesOne of the easiest ways to enhance your Ju-nior Golf Program is to include fun and in-teractive elements such as Inflatables, Birdie Ball, and SNAG.

If you are interested in using this type of equip-ment, we have the resources to help you out.

To reserve a date, please reach out to Erin Diegel, PGA at ediegel@pgahq.com.

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CPGA Golf in Schools The Colorado PGA serves with a long term goal of making a difference in the lives of others by providing opportunities for families to build and strengthen relationships, and engage in a sport that lasts a lifetime.

The Colorado PGA Golf in Schools Program just completed its third year and is running strong. Since its inception, the program has introduced over 30,000 children to the game. Through funding provided by the Colorado PGA Foundation and the Colorado Open Foundation, the game of golf and the life skills associated with it are introduced by golf professionals to school-age children at no cost to the school or the student. The program is conducted during a 3-day session in the child’s Physical Education classes with a final-day field trip at a nearby golf course.

The Colorado PGA continues to lead the way with the Golf in Schools Program and many of our PGA Professionals have been successful in utilizing the program to expand their junior golf programs and introduce thousands of kids to the game of golf.

The Colorado PGA offers many training sessions every year and can help you get started today. For a sample curriculum and all the steps necessary to begin, click here for the Golf in Schools Playbook.

2013 Colorado PGA Golf in Schools Results

Total # of Schools- 42Total # of Instructors- 18Total # of Facilities- 19Total # of kids in school- 6239 (K-12)Total # of kids to a facility- 4498Transition Rate- 72.09%—(2012- 37%)

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CPGA/YMCA Summer Camps We have developed programming to help nurture a child’s de-sire and interest in the game of golf through partnerships with youth organizations such as the YMCA. In 2014 the Colorado PGA and the YMCA will offer week-long summer camps at 8 participating facilities around the Denver-Metro area in a stress-free, non-threatening, fun environment.

By partnering with organizations that are in the business of youth health and wellness we can help bring new juniors and families to your facility or help enhance your current youth programs. Cost/Benefits to the Junior: $249.00 per child and includes the following benefits:

• PGA Professional supervised instruction with an 8:1 student/teacher ratio• A new set of custom-fit golf clubs specifically for junior golfers, tees, and golf balls• PGA logoed hat and water bottle• Awards to every camper at the Friday outing• Retention piece from course

Schedule

Camp will be conducted for 3 hours Monday-Friday On Monday, camp will be conducted at the participating YMCAOn Tuesday-Friday camp will be conducted at the golf facility Format

Kids will learn full swing fundamentals, putting, chipping, bunker play, rules, etiquette and safety. Campers will utilize specially designed golf equipment (SNAG and BirdieBall) on Monday. Tuesday-Friday campers will use their new golf clubs at the driving range and on the golf course.

Requirements and Benefits to the PGA Instructor: (Based on 32 participants)• $600 to the lead instructor, $300 each additional instructor• $450 to the facility for course and range fees• YMCA coach runs the first 45 minutes of each day with fitness activities and games• All registration, marketing, administration, product ordering and delivery, and first-day equipment provided by the Colorado PGA• Detailed Lesson Plan included• Dates and times determined by the instructor• Access to demographic information for future marketing

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CPGA Girl Power Golf Girl Power Golf consists of a curriculum that utilizes proven suc-cess strategies for attracting and retaining girls in the game of golf by incorporating fun and engaging instruction and social activities both on and off the golf course.

The compensation structure and curriculum are similar to the YMCA/PGA Summer Camps.

DID YOU KNOW?

Research consistently shows that girls reap the biggest rewards when learning in all-girl environments – allowing them to feel more comfortable learning the game in a setting where they are free to be themselves.

Participating in sports is crucial for helping girls develop posi-tive self-esteem and confidence.

On average, more than 40 percent of girls drop out of sports by the age of 14 years old.

Strong female mentors and peer role models inspire girls to develop higher expectations for themselves.

Girls are more focused on their performance than their appearance when in a girl-friendly environment.

2014 Girl Power Golf ScheduleJune 10-21 | Fossil Trace Golf Club | Session 1

June 23-July 1 | The Heritage at Westmoor | Session 1

July 15-29 | Fossil Trace Golf Club | Session 2

August 18-25 | The Heritage at Westmoor | Session 2

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CPGA Team Golf Colorado Team Golf flips the board on the game of golf by pro-viding team-formatted events to Colorado PGA Junior mem-bers. Team Golf teams are created through a facility’s junior golf program, and will be eligible to participate in up to 16 Team Golf events in 2014. (For a copy of the 2014 Team Golf Coaches Manual, please click here.)

Mission

Team Golf is for Colorado PGA Junior Members ages 7-14 with beginner level golf experience and offers an introduction to tour-nament play through 9-hole team scramble competition. Team Golf serves as a fun, social, less stressful approach to tourna-ment golf, and provides junior golfers with knowledge and skills that set the stage for a lifetime of golf enjoyment.

Target Player

Team golf is open to all Colorado PGA Junior Member ages 7-14 and designed specifically for beginner level players who do not possess extensive tournament experience. Team Golf is designed to be a stepping stone into Individual Stroke Play tournaments and for those players who are unable to consistently score 45 or under for 9 holes.

Format

A Team is comprised of six players that form three 2-person teams. These 2-person teams compete in their respective coed age divisions (7-10, 11-12, 13-14) in a 2-person Scramble for-mat. Each 2- person team will be awarded points based on how they finish in their respective division. Points earned in each division are then added together to create the team’s overall point total. Awards are distributed based on overall team point totals. Each individual on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams are awarded medals.

Yardages

All Team Golf participants will compete from age and gender specific tees which will be set at modified yardages and advertised to all players via the local rules sheet they are given before play begins. There are three sets of tees which range from 1400 yards to 2300 yards depending on the age and gender of the player. When applicable, Team Golf events will use the big cups.

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CPGA Team Golf Fees

All players who wish to participate in Team Golf tournaments must be members of the Col-orado PGA Junior Membership. The membership fee is $50 and valid for one calendar year and can be accessed through www.coloradopgajuniorgolf.com. A junior may also register for a Colorado PGA Junior membership for $30 through a Certified Junior Facility. Addi-tionally, each Team Golf tournament is $25 per player. Players are able to register for Team Golf tournaments online by using the user ID and password they are provided after register-ing for membership.

Forming and Entering Team

Each Coach will be responsible for making sure that each Team member is registered for a PGA Junior membership. Team members that are not registered for a PGA Junior member-ship will not be able to participate in Team Golf tournaments.

Approximately three (3) weeks prior to all Team Golf tournaments, all coaches will be sent an entry form for the upcoming tournament. This entry form will include all of the appro-priate deadlines which pertain to the tournament. Once your entry form is filled out with six (6) players/three (3) two-person teams (name and division) and the Team Name, please return the entry form via email to ediegel@pgahq.com or fax at (303)681-3992 before the roster entry deadline.

If you have teams that are comprised of players that are not in the same age group, they will play in the age division of the oldest player. The players will however play from the age/gender appropriate tees.

Please note that all Team Golf tournaments will be capped at 96 players (16 teams) unless noted otherwise prior to the entry deadline. Each coach will be eligible to enter one (1) team on a first come first served basis. If a coach wishes to submit more than one team, the coach must designate each team as “A Team”, “B Team”, etc. The “A Team” will be en-tered into the event immediately and the “B Team” will be placed onto a waiting list until the Roster Entry Deadline has passed. If there is room for additional Teams following the Roster Entry Deadline, the COPGA will accept Teams from the waiting list on a first come first served basis until the event is full.

Once your entry form is received, a member of the COPGA staff will add each player to the tournament’s invitation list. Players must register by 11:59 p.m. three (3) days prior to the tournament. All players will be able to use their BlueGolf ID and password to register for the Team Golf tournament that they have been invited to.

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CPGA Team Golf Garb has come along side the Section to provide discounted pricing on team uniforms for your juniors. A locally based company, Garb is a leader in Junior Apparel. To see what Garb has to offer for 2014, please see the Appendix at the end of this Playbook.

Rick Timm, PGA Director of Instruction at the Timm Golf Academy based out of Family Sports Center was an early adopter of Team Golf. Rick has based his entire Junior Golf program around Team Golf and has been kind enough to share with us his 2014 Junior Golf Program Sheet. His Program Sheet is included in the Appendix at the end of this playbook.

2014 Team Golf ScheduleMay 17, 2014 | TEAM Golf - The Courses at Hyland Hills - Westminster, CO

May 31, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Foothills Golf Course - Denver, CO

June 4, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Broken Tee Englewood - Englewood, CO

June 11, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Bella Rosa Golf Course - Frederick, CO and Saddleback Golf

Course- Firestone, CO

June 18, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Silver Spruce Golf Course - Colorado Springs, CO

June 25, 2014 | TEAM Golf - The Courses at Hyland Hills - Westminster, CO

July 3, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Fort Collins - Fort Collins, CO

July 7, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Hiwan - Evergreen, CO

July 9, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Highland Meadows Golf Course - Windsor, CO

July 16, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Eisenhower Golf Club - Colorado Springs, CO

July 23, 2014 | TEAM Golf - The Courses at Hyland Hills - Westminster, CO

July 30, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course - Fort Carson, CO

August 6, 2014 | TEAM Golf - The Courses at Hyland Hills - Westminster, CO

August 12, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Cherokee Ridge Golf Course- Colorado Springs, CO

August 13, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Boomerang Golf Links - Greeley, CO

September 20, 2014 | TEAM Golf - The Courses at Hyland Hills - Westminster, CO

October 4, 2014 | TEAM Golf - Collindale Golf Course - Fort Collins, CO

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Junior Tour and Junior Championship The Colorado PGA Junior Tours provide a competitive, yet fun tournament atmosphere, encompassing a five month season of golf played on some of Colorado’s best golf courses.

The Colorado PGA Junior Tour will consist of 6 regional events and the Colorado PGA Junior Section Championship. The tour-naments offered vary in their degree of competitiveness as we provide programs for junior golfers of all skill levels. The top 14 finishers in the 13-18 division at each Colorado PGA Junior Tour event will earn an invitation to register for the Colorado PGA Junior Championship to be held July 10-11, 2014 at Indian Tree Golf Course.

Eligibility Requirements

Players are welcome to play in as many events as they wish and the invitation to register for the Colorado PGA Junior Championship will be given to the top 14 who have not already received an invitation. The Colorado PGA Junior Tour is open to junior golfers ages 7–18 who are not currently attending college. Players are eligible to play in an event until their 19th birthday. A player’s age division is based on their age as of the day of the tournament. The membership fee is $50 or $30 if assigned through a Colo-rado PGA Certified Junior Facility.

2014 Junior Tour Schedule

June 2 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Ft. Collins Country Club | Fort Collins, COJune 10 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Eisenhower Golf Club | Colorado Springs, COJune 17 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Indian Peaks Golf Course | Lafayette, CO June 19 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Pelican Lakes Golf Course | Windsor, COJuly 1 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Riverdale Golf Courses | Brighton, COJuly 8 CPGA Junior Tour Event | Valley Hi Golf Course | Colorado Springs, CO

July 10-11 Colorado Junior PGA Championship | Indian Tree GC - Arvada, CO

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Drive Chip and Putt Championship The Drive, Chip and Putt Championship, a free nationwide junior skills competition open to boys and girls ages 7-15, is an initiative created by the Masters Tournament Foundation, United States Golf Association and PGA of America.

In April 2014, 88 junior golfers age 7-15 will compete for the National Championship Sunday prior to The Masters in Augusta and the event will be televised on the Golf Channel. The Championship was piloted by 11 sections in 2013 but will expand to all 41 section is 2014.

Colorado will be hosting 5 Local qualifiers and 1 Sub Regional. Promotional material will be available soon and registration will begin April 6, 2014 on www.drivechipandputt.com. If you have any questions about participation or signing up to be a volunteer please contact Erin Diegel at ediegel@pgahq.com.

2014 Drive Chip and Putt Championship ScheduleLocal QualifiersCommonGround Golf Course (Central Denver)-June 9, 2014Lincoln Park (Grand Junction)- June 24, 2014Collindale Golf Club (Ft. Collins)- June 30, 2014Hiwan Golf Club (Evergreen)- July 7, 2014Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course (Colorado Springs)- July 22, 2014

Sub-Regional QualifierCommon Ground Golf Course (Central Denver)- August 4, 2014

PGA Junior League Golf The Colorado PGA also supports PGA Junior League Golf (PGA JLG). PGA JLG is de-signed to better socialize the game for boys and girls, ages 13 and under. PGA JLG fea-tures team vs. team competitions in structured leagues that provide a popular, less stress-ful scramble format as opposed to stroke-play competition. This is a great way to get kids involved in the game!

PGA JLG is offered from early June until mid July. More information can be found by visit-ing http://www.pgajrleaguegolf.com.

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For more information or to register your junior please visit:DRIVECHIPANDPUTT.COM

The 2014 DRIVE CHIP & PUTT CHAMPIONSHIP is open to boys and girls ages 7-15* competing in separate divisions in four age categories. Local qualifying will be conducted throughout June and July.There is no entry fee for the DRIVE CHIP & PUTT CHAMPIONSHIP

Registration Opens:Sunday, April 6, 2014*Age determined as of April 5, 2015

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The 2014 DRIVE CHIP & PUTT CHAMPIONSHIP is open to boys and girls ages 7-15* competing in separate divisions in four age categories. Local qualifying will be conducted throughout June and July.There is no entry fee for the DRIVE CHIP & PUTT CHAMPIONSHIP

Registration Opens:Sunday, April 6, 2014*Age determined as of April 5, 2015

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Welcome to Team Golf! 

This is a new program for kids to enjoy the team concept for golf similar to little league baseball or soccer. Below I will provide you with further details for joining the program.  Just like other Team sports, we will have team practices, team jerseys and a fun team atmosphere. The team will decide our name and once you join we will set up a team meeting.  Each player is guaranteed to play in at least 4 events. I will help you decide the best team for your junior to join. We will have 16 players on both the coed Developmental & Competitive teams. 

The team will have practice sessions 4x per month starting in May September. Schedule will be posted on my website at www.timmgolf.com. 

Team Golf ‐ Mission 

Team Golf is for junior golfers ages 7‐14 with beginning level golf experience and offers an introduction to tournament play through 9‐hole team stroke or scramble play competition. Team Golf serves as a fun, social, less stressful approach to tournament golf, and provides junior golfers with knowledge and skills that set the stage for a lifetime of golf enjoyment. 

Team Golf ‐ Eligibility 

Team Golf is open to all Colorado PGA Junior Members 14 years of age and younger. In order to play in a Team Golf: tournament, the player must be a member of the Colorado PGA Junior Tour and of a sanctioned COPGA Team Golf Team. 

Team Golf ‐ Benefits 

One‐hour practice sessions 4x/month  On‐course instruction  Video Swing Analysis Personal DVD  Fun & friendly team competition  Coaches supervision at tournaments  Caddies allowed  Private lesson discounts  PGA & High School golf coaches/instructors  US Kids Golf equipment discounts  Year‐end Team Awards Banquet 

Team Golf ‐ Cost 

$500 for entire season May‐September ‐ payable to Rick Timm, PGA.  COPGA Junior Tour membership is $50.  Players may register for membership at www.coloradopgajuniorgolf.com   Tournament fees $25/event.