Enroll in the Kid Friendly Golf Initiative.
The Facility Culture Program is part of the Kid Friendly Golf Foundation — a national educational initiative that helps parents, golf facilities, and golf coaches build a kid-friendly culture in golf. Curriculum, staff training, parent education materials, and ongoing implementation support for your facility.
Kid Friendly Golf Initiative — Facility Culture Program
$399 annual program participation fee
Your participation fee supports the Foundation's culture curriculum, staff training, parent education materials, Kids Golf Passport materials, ongoing implementation support, and research and program development — not marketing.
Culture Curriculum
A structured curriculum built around family-friendly golf best practices, delivered as playbooks and staff modules.
Staff Training
Orientation materials and training modules so every staff member understands the family-first standards.
Parent Education Materials
Parent welcome letters, pocket guides, and communication templates families can take home.
Kids Golf Passport Materials
Passport books, stamps, and milestone posters used inside the Foundation's youth culture program.
Implementation Support
Course Implementation Guide, seasonal webinars, and direct access to Foundation staff throughout the year.
Research & Program Development
Your participation helps fund ongoing research into family engagement and youth retention in golf.
What the Foundation provides.
The Kid Friendly Golf Foundation provides participating facilities with a full culture curriculum designed to help your team implement the Foundation's standards for family-friendly golf.
A parent education tool for your POS.
Participating facilities receive a parent education QR sign to display at their POS. When a parent scans, they're directed to the Foundation's parent education resources and can register to receive the Kids Golf Passport and ongoing family education materials — a practical implementation tool that puts the curriculum in parents' hands.
Implementation resources delivered on enrollment.
Facilities enrolled in the culture program receive a set of physical implementation resources — parent education materials, Passport materials, and family-first signage — to help put the curriculum into practice from day one.
The 5 Kid Friendly Standards
The Foundation's curriculum is organized around five family-first standards. Facilities enrolled in the culture program agree to implement these standards as part of their participation.
Welcoming
Every kid remembers how they were welcomed the first time. We make sure kids and parents feel welcome from the very first hello.
Value
Kids can't play golf if their family can't afford to bring them. Approved courses and coaches price for families, not just adults.
Programming
Kids grow in golf through structured, age-appropriate experiences — not one-off rounds or occasional lessons.
Recognition
Every milestone matters. Approved courses and coaches celebrate junior moments with real Kids Golf Passport stamps.
Fun
Kids don't stay in golf because it's serious. They stay because it's fun. That is the standard, not the bonus.
Coaches enrolled in the Foundation's coach culture program agree to the same five standards. See the coach culture program →
A youth culture program at your facility.
The Kids Golf Passport is the Foundation's youth culture program that recognizes junior milestones — first par, first birdie, first 9, first 18. Facilities enrolled in the culture program help implement the Passport program on-site, and coaches in the coach culture program do the same during lessons.
A parent-facing profile for enrolled facilities.
As part of your implementation of the Foundation's standards, your facility publishes a family-facing profile so parents can see how you welcome juniors — junior tee-time value and every kids program you offer.
- Junior tee-time pricing and value information for parents
- Every junior program you offer — Operation 36, PGA Jr. League, camps, clinics, and more
Pine Meadows Golf Club
List every junior program you run.
Whether you run Operation 36, PGA Jr. League, First Tee, US Kids Golf, or your own camps and clinics — add them to your profile so families can see the age-appropriate programming available at your facility.
How the culture program works.
Recognition as a Kid Friendly Approved Course isn't purchased — it's earned by participating in the Foundation's culture program and implementing the standards at your facility.
Your facility enrolls in the Foundation's culture program and pays the annual program participation fee.
You receive the Course Implementation Guide, Family Golf Best Practices Manual, Junior Experience Playbook, and staff orientation materials.
Your staff implements the Foundation's standards — welcoming juniors, recognizing first milestones, and providing age-appropriate experiences.
After completing the program and demonstrating implementation, your facility is recognized as a Kid Friendly Approved Course.
Enroll your facility in the culture program
We'll follow up to schedule your program onboarding.