I’d like to take a brief step aside from our usual shenanigans to tell you a little bit about a non-profit program that you NEED to know about and support. It’s called The First Tee of Memphis and even if you think you’re familiar with it, there’s a lot more to it than you think. The organization is now in its 21^st year in Memphis and it has flown under the radar throughout its entire existence.

The program was founded in 1991 as the Mid-South Junior Golf Association by a man named Charles Hudson at Pine Hill Golf Course. He was managing the golf course and noticed how there were no African American youth playing the sport he loved, so he decided to do something about it. He created the program not just to teach golf, but because he wanted the area youth to learn a set of life skills that would transform the way they viewed the world.

Golf is a very different sport from every other sport out there. It has many life skills inherently built into the game. For example, you call penalties on yourself in golf. You don’t  have a referee constantly watching  your every move. Integrity and honesty are things you have to practice on every shot. Read more