What is the PGA Places to Play?
In our mission to impact lives through the game of golf, the PGA of America REACH Foundation is committed to ensuring golf becomes more accessible. Through PGA Places To Play, we are creating new opportunities to support facilities and sustain affordable access to the game for people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Funding for PGA Places To Play comes from donors across America who believe wealth shouldn’t be a barrier to the game of golf. The program creates access through seed grants in community-based initiatives and PGA of America championship markets while supplementing the local expertise provided by PGA of America Golf Professionals and national programs like PGA Jr. League, PGA HOPE and PGA WORKS.
Through the work in West Palm Beach, The Park provided a great deal of inspiration to create ‘Places to Play’ as a pillar within the PGA of America REACH Foundation. The PGA of America REACH Foundation will look to use this model to give back and ensure golf is accessible to people everywhere.
Supported Projects
Western New York PGA Section
2023 PGA Championship – Monroe County, NY
Through contributions from PGA Places to Play, Monroe County’s Genesee Valley Golf Course will build a 14,000 square-foot, fully synthetic turf short-game area designed to make the game more accessible to the surrounding community. Genesee Valley Golf Course is a 36-hole, municipally-owned and operated golf course located on the shores of the Genesee River in Rochester. Easily accessible, the golf course serves a diverse population and boasts 60,000 rounds of golf annually.
Calvin Peete inspired a generation of golfers and made the game more accessible to new players. Thanks to PGA REACH for this new state-of-the-art Calvin Peete Pitch & Putt practice facility at Genesee Valley Park will carry on his legacy and provide a space for future golfers to learn the game in the same place he did. Learn more about this project at: https://www.monroecounty.gov/news-2024-05-07-golf.
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