We are very excited to announce that the Moccasin Creek Junior Golf Program will now become a flagship affiliate of The First Tee of South Dakota.  The First Tee, a worldwide initiative of the World Golf Foundation, has as its mission To impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character-development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.
   Sports have been traditional vehicles for teaching life lesson, but today, sport at its highest levels is played in an atmosphere where we have a preponderance of athletes who deny they have responsibility to be role models, let alone idols to the young. 
   There is, however, a sport that not only continues to teach positive life lessons, but also depends on an adherence to them for its very existence.  That sport, of course, is golf. 
   It is a game which there are no officials to call a breach of the rules.  It is a game where only the individual participants know if the score he or she handed in is the score that was actually shot.  It is a game with a rich history and timeless traditions that invites respect for the old and wonderment of the new.  Most of all, golf is fun.  The game is never solved, perfection is never achieved; there is always the opportunity for improvement and success.  It is also a game where the raw beginner can play a competition match with the most seasoned expert.  It is a game where youngsters can delight in playing with each other and it is a game suited to the young and old playing together—if they have a place to learn and play the game at all.
   Our goal is to provide a golf learning facility and the experience that will enable kids from every walk of life to partake of a game that teaches values for life and which can be played for a lifetime.

Dean Zahn & Ted Zahn                 Amanda Young & Jon Murdy
PGA Golf Professionals                 Golf Professionals

The First Tee Life Skills Experience

   Through the Life Skills Experience, participants learn valuable lessons about the importance of maintaining a positive attitude; how to make decisions by thinking about the possible consequences and how to define and set goals from the golf course to everyday life.  Participants learn about themselves and others through a range of experiences enhancing their golf skills as well as their fundamental values for life.  As their opportunities on the golf course expand, so do the opportunities for their futures.
   All participants receive The First Tee Yardage Book so their progress can be observed as they advance through The First Tee certification levels of Par, Birdie, Eagle, and Ace.  Each stage introduces young people to different aspects of golf and life skills.
   In our initial year of The First Tee we will be offering the first level of certification...Par.  We want everyone who completes the Par program to have acquired basic golf skills and to be able to demonstrate certain fundamental life skill concepts.  Juniors do not have to go through the certification at the end to participant but we certainly encourage it.  Par certified youth will be able to move on to the Birdie level to be offered in our second year, and so on.  More information will be given to parents prior to the first classes and you can learn more about The First Tee Life Skills Experience at www.thefirsttee.org or our chapter website www.thefirstteesouthdakota.org.

   No young person shall be turned away from The First Tee programs because of inability to pay (contact Dean Zahn for more on financial assistance)!  And, all juniors are welcome regardless of who they are or where they are from.  WELCOME ALL!   

Par Level Lesson Program for Juniors 8 to 18

This program is designed for beginner and intermediate golfers ages 8 to 13. 

Indicate on registration form your session preference. 

80 students maximum in each session.
* Session 1~8:30 to 10:15    * Session 2~10:30 to 12:15
Every Thursday from May 29 until July 3 AND
Monday, June 23 & Monday, July 7

Additional on-course play time will be offered after Session 1 and prior to Session 2.  Juniors will be supervised during these times by adult volunteers.

Click here to fill out the Junior Golf Lesson Program Registration Online or download Registration Form here and mail in!

Junior Club Championship
This finale for the MC3 Junior Program will be played on July 31.  All juniors that are involved with the MC3 Junior Lesson Program or are members of the Club are welcome to participate.  There is no entry fee and trophies will be awarded in many different age categories.  The low 18-hole boy & girl will be declared the overall Junior Club Champions.

SDGA Junior Golf Tour - June 9 at MC3
Additional events in Watertown, Milbank, Arlington, Pierre, Huron, Brookings, Mitchell and throughout the state.  Entry deadline for all Tour events is May 23.  Log on to www.sdga.org for more info. 

Adult/Junior Tournament - June 15 at MC3
Any adult can play with any junior (2-person alternate shot). 
Click here for an entry form and more information.

SDGA Parent-Child Championship - July 20 at Broadland Creek in Huron
Log onto www.sdga.org for more information.

SDGA State Junior Championship - July 21-22 at Broadland Creek in Huron
Log onto www.sdga.org for more information.