First Tee – Greater Washington, DC

Today is the day. The final day of our 20th Anniversary year. The conclusion of our celebration of 20 years serving the young people of the Greater Washington, DC area. We are incredibly proud to call our 21, soon to be 25, program locations home. We are proud to call our participants, families, coa...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #19 In 2019 we were very fortunate to expand our Greater Washington, DC family to include Prince George’s County, MD. Before joining us, The First Tee of Prince George’s County served the county for over a decade, concluding their programming in 2017. In...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #18 How do we have the ability to serve over 1850 young people? Our dedicated, enthusiastic, and caring volunteers. This year, alone, we had 112 volunteers across 21 program locations assisting our Coaches with execution of our Life Skills Experience Clas...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #17 Every Tuesday afternoon, during our eight programming months of the year, 24 girls gather at East Potomac Golf Courses for their Girls ONLY PLAYer class. These 24 girls gather to learn that Little Girls can have Big Dreams. These 24 girls practice their ...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #16 In early 2017, with approval from The First Tee Headquarters, we consolidated operations with The First Tee of Montgomery County. Our neighbors to the North had been holding programming there for many years and with our growth, we decided to join forces....

As a chapter, our fundraising events have become a very important part of our culture. In 2019, we hosted our 18th Politics and Pros Golf Classic, our sixth The First Tee of Greater Washington, DC Golf Tournament at Riverbend Golf & Country Club, our fifth Pro-AM Invitational Tournament, our sec...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #14 In addition to the National Opportunities that The First Tee offers, our participants have represented our chapter in a number of Regional Opportunities sponsored by The First Tee Chapters along the East Coast. Each summer, our participants have traveled...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #13 No matter the time of service at The First Tee of Greater Washington, DC our staff comes to work everyday with the hopes of pursuing and being champions of the mission that they have chosen to serve and call theirs. The authors of this post are …...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #12 53 participants. 17 years. 11 National Opportunities. Over the past 20 years we have sent 53 different participants to 11 different National Opportunities. If you do the math, we’re averaging 3.1 participants a year attending National Opportunities. Th...

20 Posts for 20 Years Series – Post #11 Imagine a world where the great minds of surrounding The First Tee chapters came together and formed a mini-tour series so that their participants could gain tournament experience in a fun, safe and entry-fee environment. Well, that happened in 2009 with...