First Tee – Shenandoah Valley

First Tee – Shenandoah Valley offers junior golf programs and golf-based personal growth programs for youth. The program also includes a school program that is led by physical education teachers as part of their yearly curriculum. Youth ages 5–17 are invited to participate in the program.

• Ages: 5–17 years old

First Tee – Shenandoah Valley is a youth development organization that integrates the game of golf with a life skills curriculum. The program uses a Life-Skills Education curriculum and the Nine Core Values. It provides learning facilities and educational programs that promote character-development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. The organization’s stated goal is to see kids finish high school with a golf club in one hand, and a diploma in the other.

The program services youth in the City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, and Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, and Augusta Counties. In 2024, there were over 12,000 youth participants through golf course, school, and outreach programs. The school program is taught through 40 schools across 5 counties in the Shenandoah Valley, and it is led by PE teachers with the help of First Tee staff as part of their yearly curriculum.

Last updated July 18, 2026.