Making a Difference

At First Tee we strive to not only make good golfers, but better people. Participants and alumni across the country talk about what First Tee means to them, how the program has influenced them and how they plan to give back. In this blog, you will find out why golf is truly different than other sports by seeing it through the eyes of our participants and mentors who make our mission a reality.

Quick 9: Victor Caliguri
| By Austin Williams
Categories: Blog, Character Education

Victor Caliguri, First Tee – Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky 1. What does “showing up to others” mean to you? Showing up to others means being the bigger person. Being the bigger person in any situation you face. You face many hardships in life and you have to be the bigger pers...

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Coach Megan Parayno
| By Austin Williams
Categories: Blog, Character Education

Megan Parayno, a Recognized First Tee Coach, began her First Tee career in 2014. For the past 7 years she’s been working to inspire and empower kids and teens, first as a lead coach for First Tee — Monterey County and now as the Program Director for First Tee — Fresno. In her free time, &helli...

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Claire Alford Impacts a Community
| By Austin Williams
Categories: Blog, Character Education

For some, golf may be just a game. For us, it’s an avenue in which kids and teens discover the confidence and inner strength inside of them and learn to bring that to everything they do. One of the ways we cultivate this, is by encouraging youth to understand the value and importance of helping &h...

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