About
First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains Youth Golf Programs offers golf skill instruction for children and teens. The program is a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality academic programs along with this golf skill instruction.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The mission of First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains is to educate and inspire youth academically, socially, and physically through the game of golf. The organization has programs for every age and skill level and creates positive experiences for children and young people from four-years-old through college. Values-based programs reward responsible behavior, provide character development, and offer a fun engaging sport alternative that youth can benefit from for a lifetime. The junior golf program became free or reduced fee and offered more than just golf, with a goal to get more youth involved, particularly those who were under-served, and it never turns any child away for inability to pay.
In 2001, Denver Junior Golf served 200 children at one location, and due to that demand the First Tee chapter was started in 2002. First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains is currently the largest chapter nationally out of nearly 160 chapters. In 2024 it served over 12,000 kids in 10 Colorado counties and continues to grow each year. Former Junior Golf Director, David Kolquist, is part of the leadership history of the program.
The organization states that it enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges by integrating the game of golf with life skills curriculum. It states that these learning experiences build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids carry to everything they do. First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains serves the community without regard to racial, cultural, sexual or religious orientation or affiliation, and it strives to provide resources and opportunities for children, ultimately benefiting the community by helping to create good citizens. The program aims to build trust with children, schools, and the community for a partnership that will effectively enhance the quality of life for all citizens and to continue to be an efficient resource that uses existing partnerships for cost-effective operations.
First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains has earned the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency and a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency. For equipment donations, the program asks that all donations be taken to Harvard Gulch or The PGA Tour Superstore.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The mission of First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains is to educate and inspire youth academically, socially, and physically through the game of golf. The organization has programs for every age and skill level and creates positive experiences for children and young people from four-years-old through college. Values-based programs reward responsible behavior, provide character development, and offer a fun engaging sport alternative that youth can benefit from for a lifetime. The junior golf program became free or reduced fee and offered more than just golf, with a goal to get more youth involved, particularly those who were under-served, and it never turns any child away for inability to pay.
In 2001, Denver Junior Golf served 200 children at one location, and due to that demand the First Tee chapter was started in 2002. First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains is currently the largest chapter nationally out of nearly 160 chapters. In 2024 it served over 12,000 kids in 10 Colorado counties and continues to grow each year. Former Junior Golf Director, David Kolquist, is part of the leadership history of the program.
The organization states that it enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges by integrating the game of golf with life skills curriculum. It states that these learning experiences build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids carry to everything they do. First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains serves the community without regard to racial, cultural, sexual or religious orientation or affiliation, and it strives to provide resources and opportunities for children, ultimately benefiting the community by helping to create good citizens. The program aims to build trust with children, schools, and the community for a partnership that will effectively enhance the quality of life for all citizens and to continue to be an efficient resource that uses existing partnerships for cost-effective operations.
First Tee – Colorado Rocky Mountains has earned the Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency and a 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency. For equipment donations, the program asks that all donations be taken to Harvard Gulch or The PGA Tour Superstore.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
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