Mission Statement

The First Tee Metropolitan New York is committed to impacting the lives of youth throughout our area by offering golf and Life Skills programming.  With the creation of affordable and accessible golf facilities our goal is to serve those who otherwise would not have access to the game of golf and its possible values.

On September 12, 2006, The Golf Club celebrated its new status as a fully-operational teaching facility for The First Tee, now providing space, golf instructors and teachers to run the Life Skills program. The event featured a demonstration and mini-clinic with LPGA star, Paula Creamer and over 45 student golfers from The First Tee program.

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The First Tee is an initiative of the World Golf Foundation designed to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character-development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. The true value of this program is based on golf's unique ability to instill and nurture essential values, such as honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, and a solid work ethic in young people who are introduced to the game.

The First Tee of Metropolitan New York, Inc. is a joint venture between the MGA Foundation, Metropolitan Section PGA and an investor group lead by the late Lewis Rudin of Rudin Management Company of New York City. The First Tee of Metropolitan New York at Mosholu Golf Course & Driving Range is the first of hopefully many junior training facilities schedule for the Metropolitan area. Since taking over the license to operate the Mosholu Golf Course & Driving Range back in September 2001, it has been our goal to make upgrades to the golf course, range and other facilities so we can provide the best possible product and service to the public golfer and a home for our junior initiative. We have been successful in all of these areas to date. Several thousand youngsters have participated in programs at Mosholu already and further growth is anticipated.

The future looks bright for expansion of The First Tee. The openings of The First Tee of Nassau County (LI), Fairfield County (Conn), and Chelsea Piers (Manhattan) have successfully taken place and in the process of opening is a facility in Nassau County (NJ). These additional facilities allow us to serve an even larger number of junior golfers throughout the Metropolitan New York area.

For more information on The First Tee Program, please visit www.thefirstteemetny.org.