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'''Property:''' The First Tee of Yakima

'''Location:''' Yakima, WA

'''Program Contact:''' Del Rankin

'''Contact Phone/Email:''' 509-949-6349, christinam@thefirstteeyakima.org

'''Name of PD Program:''' Peewee and Parent Class

'''Type of PD Program:''' Junior Golf, Adult Beginner

===Details of Program=== 
Thanks  to  a  grant  from  the  PGA  Pacific  Northwest  Section,  The  First  Tee  of  Yakima  was  able  to  offer  a  four lesson "Peewee and Parent" golf class at Fisher Park Golf Course in Yakima, WA. Fisher Park is a city course and operated under the Yakima Parks and Recreation Department.

This  class  was  designed  to  augment  the  First  Tee  Program  offered  through  the Yakima chapter of The First Tee.  The goal was to provide instruction and fun  that  would  encourage  adults  to  go  play  golf  with  their  children  and  further increase the success of "growing the game" efforts. The children targeted for this project were five to eight years old.

The Peewee and Parent class was four, one hour sessions offered on Monday evenings. By scheduling evenings, we hoped to find the greatest number of parents/adults free from work schedules. By making the classes just one hour, we kept the time commitment to a minimum for the adults, and sufficiently short enough to maintain the attention of younger children.

Parent/child  pairs  were  introduced  to  the  basics  of  golf,  with  an  emphasis on:  1. Having Fun and 2.Course Etiquette

The Yakima Parks and Recreation Summer Class Schedule listed the Peewee and Parent class and was sent to the majority of Yakima residents through the mail.

===Results of Program===
Data was kept on the demographics of families in general, the age of the children, and whether any of the children then continued playing golf with the First Tee program, as well as attendance.

The program was significantly smaller than what we had anticipated, with five parent/child pairs in 2017.

One  child  did  join  the  First  Tee  for  our  Fall  session,  which  is  our  biggest  success  with  this  program.  He  thoroughly enjoyed the program, and is expected to return to First Tee this summer.

We felt we had insufficient numbers to draw any real conclusions about increasing the time parents and young children played golf on their own time.  

===Recommendations===	
This program may be more successful if offered in conjunction with other programming that already has a significant participant base. For example, we plan to offer parent instruction several times over the regular nine week session, during times when the kids are already at lessons. So parents can bring their children to class, and receive instruction alongside him or her, without having to schedule another activity onto the family calendar.


[[Category:2017]]
[[Category:Junior Golf Program]]
[[Category:Adult Beginner]]
[[Category:The First Tee of Yakima]]
[[Category:Yamaha Grant]]