Golf Peoria's Youth Movement - youth golf programs

Parks & Recreation, June, 1999 by William P. Woolard, Meridith L. Zucco

Junior golf programs have grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and for the Peoria (Ill.) Park District, this has translated into an increased opportunity to introduce more area youngsters to the game. Hook a Kid on Golf. First Swing. Detweiller Drivers. These are but a few of the program offerings coming out of the district's extensive youth golf program.

And, say the district's William P. Woolard, superintendent of golf, and Meridith L. Zucco, coordinator of marketing and golf, with its new Golf Peoria Learning Center and Academy, which is set to open later this year, Peoria is poised to preach the benefits of this lifetime sport to a new generation (p. 64).