The Ridge Golf Club is dedicated to offering a junior golf program that develops junior golfers of the area not only for golf skills, but also life lessons that golf encompasses. In developing the goals for the Junior Golf Program at The Ridge Golf Club an appreciation must be had for the educational potential that exists in the game of Golf. Golf presents many opportunities to cultivate the social, physical, emotional and mental development of the participant. Our intention is to offer many positive learning experiences for all participants. Junior golfers will learn to play the game to the best of their ability. We will teach golf skills, proper etiquette, rules of golf, competition strategies with an encouragement to play and practice. These skills will contribute to the junior's life skills along with other positive character values. This program will be centered on the lead in instruction of your PGA Golf Professional, Matt Nice.

To encourage Junior's to take advantage of our wonderful facility the program will utilize a point system designed to encourage students to not only attend our programs, but play and practice on their own. The point system we will be using will be called "The Ridge Junior Tour Money List", and each student that signs up for the program will be awarded "$2,000.00" for signing up. Junior's are eligible to grow their earnings by accomplishing different goals throughout the year such as practice, playing, and achieving goal scores. Competition days will be structured like a tour event with each student paying an "entry fee" from their earnings and eligible for the "prize purse" to be paid out for the top finishers within each group. At the end of the year The Ridge will host an awards banquet recognize each group's "Tour Championship Champion" and the final "Leading Tour Money Winner". All participants will receive a hat and bag tag indicating their status in the Junior Golf Program.

Instruction will utilize "Junior Camp Dates" where juniors come for 4 straight days, 2 hours a day. We will be offering 2 separate camp weeks and children are encouraged to participate in both. The cost of the 2009 program for the children of golfing members will be $45.00 for the first child and $35.00 for any additional child. The cost for the children of non-golfing members will be $60.00 for the first child and $50.00 for each additional child for non-golfing members. To ensure access for all, scholarships will be awarded for those interested based upon numerous factors with emphasis on commitment to learning and enjoying the game.

The juniors will be separated into four age groups. These groups will determine how many holes the play in their tour events. The groups will go as follows:

We also greatly encourage parental involvement in the program. Volunteers to follow juniors during "Ridge Tour Events" are greatly appreciated in assisting with basic rules and accurate scoring. If you are interested in assisting please notify the Golf Shop as soon as possible.

If there are any questions or comments please contact Matt Nice at The Ridge Golf Shop. Thank you and I look forward to seeing your junior golfers this summer.

The Ridge Junior Golf Camp Dates: TBD
June: Monday - Thursday from 9am-11am
July: Monday - Thursday from 9am-11am

The Ridge Tour Events: TBD
June & July - Friday's

Junior Club Championship Qualification Guidelines:

• Pass the Junior Golf Rules Test.
• Attend pre-determined number of the Camp Dates and Tour Events

** A separate program is available for those of High School age. More details will be coming soon!