Westfield Junior Golf Summer Program

The Westfield GC Junior Golf Program is designed for junior golfers of all ages and abilities, but primary focus is on juniors who are new to the game of golf. During the program, we will start out with a few instruction days at the Westfield Driving range. These instruction days are run by PGA Professional, Brian Paulson, and some volunteer assistants. To properly learn golf, we will work from the hole, back towards the tee box, during the instruction days. We start with putting, then possibly chipping, then short Irons, middle Irons, longer Irons-Hybrids-and Fairways, and ending with Drivers and some general golf Rules. Focus is to have the kids understand that there is one basic swing for all clubs in the bag. We stress grip, stance, posture, and alignment for everyone, but especially beginning golfers. We will then take the kids onto a Hole at Westfield to show them what the basics are of a golf Hole (Tee ground, fairway, rough, hazards, and green.) We stress proper fundamentals, but also proper etiquette and good sportsmanship. We will have little contests during the instruction days do have some fun and measure how the kids are progressing.

Instruction days have two waves: 9:00am to 10am and 10:30am to 11:30am. (We can handle around 30-35 kids in each session. If I have to add another session, I will consider that later, but only if we over-fill with kids.) I try to take younger ones in the first session and older ones in the second session, but I also understand that there are some scheduling conflicts and issues with the kids other activities. We try to do our best to accommodate.

PDF covering 2025 Junior Program information –  Westfield Summer Junior Golf Program Information 2025 PDF

Just some short notes on information to avoid confusion…

Please take a look at the PDF above.  Print it off and have it handy, because this is the basic overview calendar for the program, unless weather, or other circumstances deem a change or adjustment.

We will start the FIRST DAY of the Program at the Putting Green by the clubhouse.  This day is a final check for getting a handle of the two session’s rosters.  (We will start the program by learning by putting, since I believe that golf starts from the HOLE backwards, instead of from the TEE forwards.)

Through the remainder of June, on the Monday’s and Wednesdays, we will be meeting at the Driving Range for swing instruction fundamentals.  The kids will learn basic fundamentals here on grip, stance, & swing.  Depending on when the 4th of July falls in the calendar for each year, we usually take a break during that week on the day closest to the 4th of July.  We will return to the range for the next session just after the 4th of July.  The following session will start the Playing Phase of the program.  For this part of the program, I am opening up the tee sheet from 8:00am through 9:15am each Monday and Wednesday Morning until the end of July. In the past seasons, we have had a small party for the kids to end the season.  More on this as we get closer to that time in the program.

During the course time, we will have volunteer supervisors with those groups that need it. We will have a modified set of Junior Tees marked to keep play moving, others from the 200yd markers, other kids from the 150yd markers. There is no competition, this is just fun golf time where the juniors have their own space in the morning to get acclimated and accustomed to the golf course. (For those who remember, it will be more like the old Park Rec golf time of years ago.)

As in previous seasons, we will be getting t-shirts for the kids in the program.  I will need t-shirt sizes for the kids so we can get those completed in a timely manner to get to the kids.  The Online Sign-Up for the program will ask for this information.  PLEASE SIGN-UP FOR THIS PROGRAM ONLINE USING ONE OF THE TWO TABS ABOVE.  This way we can get all the information we need from the kids ahead of time.