Lake Padden Golf Courseis proud to announce we are now a First Tee
affiliate location.
The First Tee's mission is "To impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life enhancing values, and
promote healthy choices through the game of golf."
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The First Tee
Established in 1997, the First Tee junior golf program is an national program whose focus is on empowering our youth and teaching life skills with golf as the platform. The First Tee curriculum was developed by experts in the field of positive youth development and focuses on teaching nine core values.
We believe that golf offers a great “classroom” for learning interpersonal relations, goal setting, self management and resiliency skills. These four LIFE SKILLS are delivered to participants in a seamless way of coaching that encourages exploration and self discovery. Developing these four skills can help kids face challenges at home, school, and at play in a constructive manner.
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Programs we offer:
1. Life Skills Experience (LSE) Classes: These classes offer a progressive curriculum over 6 Levels of certification. Please visit our LSE page for details on each level.
The Age based programming structure for 2011 is:
LevelRequirementsAges (calendar yr.)
• TARGET New Students 5 and older
• PAR New Students 9 years old & older
• BIRDIE Passed PAR 11 years old & older
• EAGLE Passed BIRDIE 13 years old & older
• ACE Passed EAGLE 14 years old & older
• TOUR Passed BIRDIE 13 years old & older
2. Skill Development Camps & Clinics: Camps are scheduled throughout the summer months and provide a great introduction to the game and essential skill building technique. Successful completion of a camp is a great head start before entering the LSE classes. Please visit our CAMPS page for details on dates, prices and curriculum.
3. Competitive Team Play: All players that have “certified” into the BIRDIE level of the Life Skills Experience classes are eligible to play in competitive tournaments with other First Tee of North Puget Sound participants. Click HERE to see the summer schedule of events in Western Washington.
Scholarships
Thanks to donations from our community we are able to offer scholarships to kids interested in participating but without funding. We will offer 1 scholarship per class for all the LSE classes in the spring, summer, and fall. The scholarship covers 75% of the class fee.
Special thanks to the Bellingham Bay Rotary Club, the Lake Padden Men's Club and the Lake Padden Ladies Club for their charitable donations. If you would like to donate towards the scholarship fund please contact Phil or go to the donations page.
