LPGA & USGA Girls Golf LPGA & USGA Girls Golf is the only national junior golf program that specializes in providing a friendly environment for girls to learn the game of golf. They make the game fun and teach much more than just stance and swing. The young women also learn valuable life skills like confidence and perseverance that will help them all through their lives. With over 500 Girls Golf sites around the country, they help prepare girls, ages 6 – 17, for a lifetime of enjoyment of the game while also inspiring them to gain confidence and build positive selfesteem. The Five E’s of Girls Golf: Empower, Enrich, Engage, Energize and Exercise prepare these young women to live active and healthy lives. High School Golf Team Nearly every high school has both a men’s and women’s golf team that compete against other golf teams in their league, region and for state titles. While local junior golf programs hold tournaments in the summer months, players that will be competing for their high school team in the Fall, or Spring use those programs to hone their games for the high school golf season. Playing golf for your school is a rewarding experience for any young golfer. Friendships are PGA Jr. League utilizes match play scoring, which focuses on performance versus a score-to-par as is traditional with golf. Within a PGA Jr. League game, the two-man teams play in a head-to-head, 9-hole match with each match broken into three flags. Each flag is three holes in a row, and each team has the opportunity to earn points at the end of each flag. PGA Jr. League provides a low stress program for young golfers to compete and continue to enjoy golf. Drive, Chip & Putt Drive, Chip & Putt (DCP) holds a number of local and regional qualifiers around the country to identify the best young golfers, which are invited to compete in the DCP National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday prior to the Masters Tournament. In the Drive segment, junior golfers’ three attempts are rated both in length and accuracy. Participants get three tries to Chip a ball closet to the pin, plus the Putting competition involves putting from three various distances. The points from all three segments are totaled and a winner is recognized. The Finals are broadcast on the Golf Channel. Watching these kids compete on Sunday morning, prior to the Masters, is always one of my favorite television shows. Indiana Golf Journal
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