Extra children are hitting the hyperlinks.
In keeping with the Nationwide Golf Basis, 3.7 million younger individuals, ages 6 through 17, performed golf on a course in 2024, a rise of near 50 p.c from 5 years earlier.
One of many all-time greats, Annika Sörenstam, is behind a brand new effort to assist much more younger individuals play the game. Sörenstam has partnered with Financial institution of America for an initiative referred to as “Golf With Us.”
“This initiative is near my coronary heart as a result of it is a manner to assist develop the sport of golf, and we’re gonna do this by giving younger children the chance to make golf extra reasonably priced. So, by signing up and get(ting)…. a yearly membership, you get an opportunity to play on 1000’s of programs for 5 {dollars} or much less. So, hoping that, after they have the entry, they get an opportunity to strive it after which fall in love with the game,” Sörenstam says.
And Sörenstam says golf is not solely about competing on the course. “In the event you’re a golfer, you want a lot endurance and, as , whenever you’re out on this planet or simply life normally, endurance is admittedly necessary,” she says.
Sörenstam additionally factors to self-discipline, focus and willpower, qualities she says are wanted each in golf and in life outdoors the game.
Extra info on “Golf With Us” is accessible at bofa.com/golfwithus.
