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Like many young golfers, Lauryn Nguyen works hard on her game. She has aspirations to play collegiate golf and she dreams of one day representing Team USA in the Olympics and the LPGA Solheim Cup as a professional golfer. This past year, Lauryn took great strides toward those goals, but she also pri...

Written by Austin Williams, The First Tee Newly consolidated role to bring together direction and leadership of World Golf Foundation, The First Tee, World Golf Hall of Fame; Miller Brady named PGA TOUR Champions President as McLaughlin’s successor ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fl...

We’re always thankful for our terrific coaches and volunteers, but two young participants went above and beyond to show their appreciation this holiday season, and completely knocked our socks off! Brianna Nguyen (12) and Kylie Nguyen (13) have enjoyed their many years playing with The First T...

How many holes can you play in one day? Brandon Teeny pushes the limit and inspires everyone around him. Tonight we witnessed the magic of sports front and center when The First Tee of Greater Seattle hosted its third annual Junior Golf-a-Thon at the Jefferson Park Par 3 Golf Course.  Throughou...

After nearly 15 years, relationship between Boeing Classic and The First Tee is still going strong By Aaron Lommers Special to The First Tee There are not many better ways to get kids interested in sports than giving them role models to look up to that provide a positive example both in and out of &...

Through our Clubs for Kids program, and with the help of our Junior Advisory Board, our chapter resizes and regrips approximately 500 golf clubs per year for junior golfers. But what happens to all of those discarded rubber grips? They used to end up in a landfill… …until we connected wi...

The First tee Network meeting 2017 This biennial event brings together representatives from our network of 155 chapters for education, networking and guest speakers to help them implement best practices and deepen their impact in their communities. There were more than 900 representatives in attenda...

It is with a great sense of gratitude that we express well wishes to Heidi Wills as she sets off on her next adventure. Heidi has faithfully served The First Tee of Greater Seattle over the last 15 years, first as a board member, then as Executive Director for nearly 13 years. While her time &hellip...

The dream to build a clubhouse just for kids has never been closer to being realized. The First Tee of Greater Seattle has had a vision to create a special place for community, coaching, and mentorship right at Jefferson Park Golf Course.  Seattle native and PGA TOUR Champion Fred Couples had many ...