Consumer Testimonials
The instruction, competition, exceptional courses, team dynamics, practice sessions and ability for my child to interact with other golfers her age.
Robert & the coaching team at Grand Geneva go out of their way to make this a positive & rewarding experience for the players. They provide great leadership & are role models for these young adults. They are learning more than just golf interacting with these high caliber individuals,
It’s a great program. Wonderful atmosphere. It’s great for the kids to play with other kids from other clubs. Our coaching was amazing.
Thought the format was great, awesome to have a teammate, loved the timing of the events on Sunday afternoons to not interfere with other sports and definitely cool that they have uniforms. Makes it feel like a team sport which excites the kids.
Great experience
We enjoyed the positive coaching by all parents involved with watching and cheering on the young golfers. Each golf course was very accommodating, patient and very helpful in giving directions. Thank you for giving this opportunity to our rising golfers. They sure made some incredible growth this summer.
We like that it gives a level of competition while still letting it be less pressure in a scramble format.
This is my son's second year playing with PGA Jr. It was a great experience again! He loved meeting other kids his age that enjoyed the game and the coaches provided amazing advice and support! He can't wait until next year!
It's a great way for kids to learn how to play golf! It teaches golf etiquette and team work in a fun enviroment.
How they get to know others, learn the game while playing the game and adventuring to other locations. They gather patience, knowledge, and understatement as well as team play. The communication from Robert is amazing as well. We are always knowing where to go and what to do.
Great coaching and tournament experience
The exposure it gives our kids to golf.
It was a great program for our 13-year-old son. I wish we would have found out about it sooner. Set up well and a lot of fun and learning for all.
Great way to get young kids involved in golf.
It's seems to be a well organized opportunity for kids to get exposed to competitive golf, while they are also learning to play the game.
Fun, low pressure golf environment. Scott Walecki does a great job getting kids excited about golf and has fun. Kids can be competitive if they want, or slower and learning also. Such a great experience!
The Golf Pro Paul was amazing with the kids. So kind and easy to talk with. He was very patient with the kids.
Fun, low pressured, good instruction, very accommodating.
Great coaches
Best ball format was great for a less stressful game
Well organized
Only the last match was rushed, other matches were good
Great courses. Great intro to competitive golf. Good coaching.
The coaches, the playing format. the other kids
Kids get outside and play golf for fun with some competition mixed in.
Great experience and teaching for young kids to learn the rules. THANK YOU! we will do this again next year.
Great program and great introduction to competitive golf.
We have the enormous privilege of having a great coach and course, playing for David Bach at Whistling Straits. It's a great atmosphere for learning the game, teamwork, and a lot of fun.
Everything!
The opportunity for kids to play great courses, meeting other kids who love golf. The coaches have been amazing.
Format for kids to play competitive golf with a team
Excellent coaches and tournaments
This is the second year for my son to participate in the PGA Jr. League. He absolutely LOVED it. A lot had to do with his age level, his on-course development, the coaches, and the PAR pass that was included in the fee of joining.
One theme that I continue to offer feedback on is coaching. I wish there was more individual instruction during the season. Simple tweaks or changes to a kids grip, stance, posture, etc can make a significant positive impact on the on-course success of the kid. I wish there was more individual instruction.
Keeping with the them of coaching, i would love to see more on-going rules, etiquette, and on-course management for the participants. When it comes to the rules, these kids do not know all the rules and there is very little conversation about that.The rules come into play in every hole so there really needs to be more participant rules growth that is offered.
Etiquette: There is no competition that involves as much etiquette knowledge as golf. Simple things like, not swinging your club on the tee box unless it's your turn to play; walking in putting lines on the green; learning how to repair green divots.
On-Course Management: kids naturally play slow because their concentration levels ebb and flow throughout the round. But there needs to be simple instruction on where to place your golf bag when putting to increase the pace of play; the kids need to know that having 2-4 practice swings per shot is insane and greatly impacts the pace of play; instruction on where to place your bag on the tee box. I could go on and on.
My solution to these items it to have each coach walk with players each week for three holes. The first hole, they can observe, the second hole they can correct the player, and the third is they can see the player implementing the correction. This will all help develop each participant and enable to the kids to have more engagement with the coahces.
Finally, my son was lucky enough to participate in the All-Star competition. I was appalled at how the parents of the participants acted. But worse, I was appalled at the fact that a lot of the coaches ALLOWED the parents behavior. Example: My son and his partner was in charge of keeping score of their playing partners and vice versa. The other two-some neglected to write down their own score on the score card. At the end of the match, there was a discrepancy with the score -- sometimes kids write down wrong scores -- and the two some asked their parents for the scores. The two-some's coach ALLOWED the kids to use the scores that the parents were keeping. The rule is that there cannot be any parental involvement. Why did the coach allow this to happen. The coach needs to allow the kids to grow -- sometimes through wrong decisions -- in order to grow. The parents need to pump the breaks on their intense involvement -- yes. But the coaches also need to uphold the rules of the competition - even if it ruffles the feathers of the parents and kids.
I almost dont want my kids to pursue more competitions because the parents are SO bad.
Finally, I want to call out Scott Walecki my son's coach. He was fantastic for the kids.