Golf Foundation helps the game grow in secondary schools
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Golf is being made available to more and more secondary school pupils thanks to the Golf Foundation.
The Golf Foundation, a charity committed to the sporting and social development of young people through golf, has brought the game to 1,782 secondary schools, reaching an estimated 1,633,363 11-16 year olds, with a game called Golf Xtreme.
Golf Xtreme uses slightly lighter metal clubs and short-distance golf balls and is all about fun for new players and provides curriculum benefits for teachers.
The Foundation’s Tri-Golf programme also brings the sport to 750,000 primary school children per year.
Latest government figures show that the amount of golf in schools and the percentage of schools with formal links to golf clubs has doubled in the three-year period between 2003/4 and 2006/7.
Mike Round, Chief Executive of the Golf Foundation, said: “The recent figures for Golf Xtreme from the Youth Sport Trust sit well with the positive feedback we have received from both secondary and primary schools.
“They also demonstrate that as we attract more funding to expand our development programme, there is a direct, positive result for golf in schools. This growing level of activity will further increase the number of new juniors at golf clubs and help to protect the future of the game.
“Teenagers are faced with so many leisure options and we think it is important to reach them with golf because the game has so many positive attributes that can help in their personal and sporting development.”
