Your child's golf journey starts today.
Two free tools for every family: the Passport that records the milestones your kid will remember forever, and the Adventure that turns everyday practice into a game they actually want to play. No membership, no approval, no waiting on a course to say yes.
Works at every course in America — municipal, private, or resort.
Free forever. Every kid, every family.
There's no paid tier and no upgrade. Everything that tracks, celebrates, and grows your kid's love for the game is included from day one.
Kid Friendly Golf Member
No credit card. Takes about a minute.
- A digital passport for every kid in your family
- 15 milestone stamps — par, birdie, eagle, hole in one, and more
- Log rounds at any course in America, approved or not
- Photo memories and shareable milestone cards
- Printable achievement certificates
- The Adventure — 40+ everyday challenges across 12 worlds, with treasure chests
- Passport ranks and XP — eight levels from Rookie to Legend of the Links
- Kid Mode — the whole passport for your kid to experience
- Connect with amazing junior programs, courses, and coaches near you
- Golf Families directory — meet families with kids the same age
- Member perks from supporting partners
- Beyond Birdies e-book and The Family Tee newsletter
We're a 501(c)(3) — the passport stays free because approved courses, coaches, and partners fund the mission.
Everything a golf parent actually needs.
Every one of these comes with your free account — no upgrade required.
The Kids Golf Passport
The big milestones: 15 stamps with rarity, XP and eight ranks to climb — earned at any course, anywhere in America.
Programs, courses & coaches
We connect you with junior programs, approved courses, and coaches in your area — plus the details parents actually care about.
Achievement certificates
Download and print a personalized certificate every time your kid hits a milestone — perfect for the fridge, the wall, or grandma's mailbox.
The Adventure
40+ challenges your kid can do anywhere — even indoors in winter — each one moving them across a floating world toward the next treasure chest.
Junior programs near you
Operation 36, PGA Jr. League, First Tee, US Kids Golf, camps and clinics — all in one place so you can find the right fit for your kid.
Connect with golf families
Opt in to the Golf Families directory to find other parents with kids the same age nearby — and send a quick intro to set up a round together.
Perks from supporting partners
Member-only deals from national brands and local businesses near you — gear, lessons, tee times, and family discounts.
Family golf ideas & guides
Age-by-age tips, gear sizing, scavenger hunts, and pace-of-play games that make every visit feel like an event.
Beyond Birdies e-book + newsletter
Our founder's book free, plus The Family Tee monthly: new approved courses near you, parent tips, and stories from the movement.
A kid needs three things to stay in the game.
Fun. Friends. Family. Take away any one of them and a child walks away from golf — usually before they're twelve. Everything the Foundation builds exists to protect all three, for free, at any course in America.
Golf has to feel like a game.
Kids don't quit because golf is hard. They quit because nothing happens when they get better. The free Passport and The Adventure turn every round, every range bucket, and every rainy Tuesday in the hallway into stamps, XP, and a rank they're chasing.
- Glowing stamps for real milestones
- 12 worlds to unlock
- 8 ranks to climb
No kid sticks with a sport alone.
The number one reason juniors stay in the game is somebody their age waiting for them. We connect you with other golf families nearby and with the programs, clinics, and junior leagues where your child will actually meet those kids.
- Find families with kids the same age
- Local programs and junior leagues
- Events near your ZIP code
Golf is a game you get to play together.
Most sports put parents on the sideline. Golf puts you in the group. We make it easy to show up — where to go, what it costs, what to say on the first tee — so the round stays something your family looks forward to.
- Works at any course, anywhere
- Approved courses and coaches nearby
- Free guides for golf parents
Play anywhere. Get connected. Watch them grow. That's the loop.
The Passport works at every course in America — municipal, private, or your local par-3. Every milestone becomes a memory.
When you're ready for more, we connect you with approved courses, coaches, junior camps, and other families with kids the same age.
XP, ranks, and treasure turn every round and practice session into momentum, so the next visit is their idea.
Two activities. One kid who never wants to stop playing.
Kids quit golf when nothing feels like progress. So we built two things that both keep score of the right stuff — and both are free with your account.
Big milestones and memorable experiences.
The moments your kid will still talk about in twenty years — first par, first birdie, first eagle, their first full 18, the day they broke 90, a hole in one. Rare on purpose. Earned on a real course, anywhere in America.
Everyday practice, turned into a game.
Everyday golf adventures, even a rainy Tuesday with a plastic club in the hallway counts. Every challenge your kid completes moves them another space across a hand-drawn world, toward the next treasure chest.
The Kids Golf Passport
Every stamp is dated, tied to the course they played, and saved with a photo. But stamps aren't all created equal — each one has a rarity and an XP value, and every stamp pushes your kid up the passport ranks.
XP adds up across every stamp your kid earns, and the passport levels up with them — from their very first swing to a career they'll be proud of.
- 1Rookie
Every legend starts here.
0 XP
- 2Caddie
You know your way around the bag.
100 XP
- 3Range Regular
You show up. That's the whole secret.
300 XP
- 4Fairway Finder
The short grass is your home.
700 XP
- 5Green Machine
Pars are starting to feel normal.
1,400 XP
- 6Course Crusher
Full rounds, real scores.
2,500 XP
- 7Club Champion
You've done things most kids never do.
4,000 XP
- 8Legend of the Links
A lifetime of memories, stamped.
6,500 XP
Common practice stamps keep momentum. A legendary hole in one is worth 250 XP — and your kid knows it.
Fifteen stamps to unlock, with the ones your kid hasn't earned yet showing greyed out as a target.
Every milestone can be printed as a certificate or shared as a card — the fridge, the wall, grandma's inbox.
The Adventure — a whole world to cross.
Open Kid View and the passport turns into a floating world with a winding path of 30 spaces. Complete a challenge, move a space. Every 5 spaces a treasure chest pops open. Finish the world and a brand-new one appears.
Twelve worlds queued up — about a year of play — and it never dead-ends. Kids can preview every world ahead, so they always know what's coming next.
41 challenges — and the easiest one is "I swung a club today."
That's the point. It's February, it's dark at five, and there's a plastic club and a foam ball in the living room. That still counts. So does a putt on the carpet, a stretch before a swing, or thanking the coach after a lesson.
Challenges are grouped into 7 categories, each with its own progress bar, so kids can chase whatever they're in the mood for.
- I swung a club today
- I made a putt today
- Three-Foot Hero
- Chip It Close
- Sand Wizard
- Big Stick King
- Rain or Shine
- Coach a Friend
Passport stamps move the map forward too — so a great day on the course counts twice.
Chests hold collectible rewards that are the same every time for that kid — so they can chase a specific one.
Progress lives in the cloud, not on one phone. Switch devices and the adventure is right where they left it.
Practice today, milestone tomorrow. The map builds the habit; the passport records the payoff.
Find the best junior programs, courses, and coaches near you.
Add your ZIP code and your dashboard fills up with junior clinics, camps, leagues, and family events in your backyard. We connect you with the approved courses and coaches running amazing programs — so you can spend less time searching and more time playing.
Operation 36, PGA Jr. League, First Tee, US Kids, camps, clinics, and family events — all in one discoverable feed, no matter which course or coach runs them.
Twilight family nights, parent-child scrambles, and junior leagues — all in one place.
Dates, ages, price, and a signup link for each program — no calling around to find out.
10, 25, 50 miles — widen it on vacation, tighten it at home. Change your ZIP any time.
Programs you'll discover from courses and coaches near you
Nothing nearby yet? Keep stamping anywhere — your passport never depends on it — and nominate a course or coach so we can reach out and grow the network.
Start free. It's always free.
Tell us where to send your welcome pack — free parent guides, the Beyond Birdies e-book, and monthly updates on new courses, coaches, and adventures.