The Rochester District Golf Association is pleased to welcome the arrival of The First Tee of Western New York to the Rochester area, beginning in 2019.

Since its inception in 1997, The First Tee has worked to bring affordable junior golf programs to youth and communities across the country that did not have them. Working in partnership with the LGPA, the Masters Tournament, the PGA of America, the PGA Tour and the USGA, The First Tee discovered that by blending the rules of the game with life and leadership skills, kids and teens didn’t just learn how to putt – they were learning important values.

The First Tee of Western New York has been working to bring these values – as well as affordable golf instruction – to juniors in the Buffalo area for many years. Now, with assistance from the RDGA (through local schools and golf clubs), The First Tee of Western New York will also be bringing its message and programs to juniors, ages 7 to 18, throughout the Rochester and Monroe County region.

With the arrival of the First Tee of Western New York this year, the RDGA will be discontinuing our ForeSight Junior Program, which for the past three seasons brought many of the same values and quality instruction offered by The First Tee to junior golfers in the Rochester area. We would like to encourage all our past and present ForeSight students to take advantage of the many opportunities available to them in the area – including the RDGA Junior Membership Program, Youth On Course, the U.S. Kids Golf Local Tour, LPGA Girls Golf and PGA Junior League, as well as the First Tee of Western New York.

We look forward to working with each one of these programs to continue building a solid foundation of junior golf instruction and participation throughout Rochester and Monroe County for years to come.

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