Every private club in America should do the same. It has to be Flint, Mich., where all eight private clubs in Genesee County allow their courses to be used each Monday by the Flint Junior Golf Association. Include golf in the physical education program of every school. It may cost money in the short run, but it will create loyalty and be financially beneficial in the long run. Reduce the entry fees for nationally recognized youth tournaments.
Junior golf is supposed to be more than a training ground for little rich kids.
Oops, somebody already has. Andre Martin, founding director of the Los Angeles LPGA Urban Youth Golf Program, has a book tentatively scheduled for release at January's PGA Merchandise Show. No course should be allowed to bar players simply because of age. I worry about junior golf in warm-weather locations, which tend to attract retirees and vacationers, two groups historically not very interested in kids. But my hat is off to the Phoenix area.