What is Hook a Kid on Golf?
The mission of Hook a Kid on Golf is to provide our community with a comprehensive youth golf program that eliminates all the obstacles that discourage kids from playing golf, a “sport of a lifetime”. What that means is that the program provides a community with all the tools necessary to provide an organized youth program. These tools include providing quality equipment, affordable instruction, a way to learn the details of playing the game on the course and, finally, a format for play that includes competition but stresses fun and learning. The Hook A Kid on Golf clinic is organized and administered in Carbondale by the Carbondale Park District. As part of the clinic, each youngster is provided with a new starter set of golf clubs and other golf items needed to begin to learn the game. In addition to being taught the basic swing fundamentals, there are special presentations dealing with rules, etiquette, drug and alcohol awareness and golf course maintenance. The clinic is one week l
The mission of Hook A Kid On Golf is to provide communities with a comprehensive youth golf program that eliminates all the obstacles that discourage youngsters from learning and continuing to play golf while instilling in them an understanding of golf’s rules, etiquette and history. What that means is that the program provides a community with all the tools necessary to provide an organized youth golf program. These tools include providing quality equipment, affordable instruction, a structured system to learn how to play the game on the course and, finally, a format for play that includes competition but stresses fun and learning. Hook A Kid On Golf is America’s most comprehensive national youth golf program. The goal of Hook A Kid On Golf is for golf to eventually be offered in every community in America giving youngsters participating in youth sports such as baseball, basketball, football and soccer the same opportunities to participate in the great game of golf.
