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By Brian Meeter Growing up in Eastern Iowa, in the metro hub of Cedar Fall/Waterloo, I played a lot of sports. I tried my hand in soccer, baseball, basketball, football, tennis, racquetball, volleyball, Cub-scout softball, and a few other non-organized sports. Golf for me started on a par-30 course that catered to kids during the day, and adults leagues and tournaments in the evening and weekends. Washington Park Golf Course is Cedar Falls is no longer in existence, the Cedar River washed it out too often, but it was a great place to learn the game. I think it was designed to keep all the kids off the big course, which was good and bad. It was bad because if you were a kid growing up in Cedar Falls, you weren’t welcomed on the full size course. It was good because we had our own place to go. We basically owned the place during the day. My dad worked right next to the course and would bring my clubs with him to work. I would ride my bike to the course in the morning, grab my clubs out of the car, and play all day, sometimes 36 holes, which made for a long 3 mile ride home when I was finished.

I didn’t get serious in golf until I got a little older. The city of Waterloo had 3 public courses, and several private ones. The public courses offered a $10 annual membership for kids 18 and under. We had to pass a golf etiquette course, and then we were free to tee off before noon Monday through Friday, and play as much as we wanted. Stingy rangers made sure pace of play was monitored, and we respected the course as we were taught. As soon as we got our driving license, we hit the course hard, and fell in love with the game. I don’t think I played at the Cedar Falls course my entire high school career, it was just too expensive and they catered to adults. It was hard getting a t-time in the Waterloo youth golf program, because most kids could afford to play, something that I think is amiss today. In the coulee region there are some very talented youth golfers, just look at how some of our local teams and individuals have placed at state in the past few years. Yet, I find it very easy to get a tee time at most hours of the day during the week. I think there are several reasons you don’t see as many youth golfers as I did when I was growing up. First, a lot of families now have both parents working. That means kids may be with a sitter or nanny during the summer. This makes it hard to shuttle kids around, especially if the sitter doesn’t have a license. Secondly, competition from other sports has diluted the golf scene. There are so many sports available during the summer, that kids might just not put golf at the top of their list. Third, it’s expensive. There are so many financial factors that may prohibit a family from investing in golf. Lastly, not all courses cater to youth golfers, and because the courses in the area are so spread out, it may be difficult for kids to get to the

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courses that do offer youth programs. First Tee has had great success in large metro areas growing the game at the youth level. “At the completion of the four-year study, more than half (57%) of those youth no longer in The First Tee still play golf and more than half (55%) participate in a variety of other sports” (First Tee Impact Report, 2008). Some locally are doing their part to grow youth golf, such as Bill Pearse at Trempealeau Mountain and Keith Stoll at Forest Hills, and others. New youth middle school programs have recently been added as well. The Coulee Region is going in the right direction with youth golf, and that’s a good thing, but more can been done to ensure our golf courses will be here for the long term. Today, I still play, as do the 4-some of golfers I played with that made those courses in Iowa our home during the summers of 1989-1992. We have a financial impact on the golf course we play now, and around the region. We help to ensure that the golf courses remain open, that others may have the chance to walk the same fairways that we do. Next time you take a day off and tee it up in the morning, look around to see if there are any kids playing. If not, don’t’ be surprised if the beautiful course you are playing are a housing development in 10 years. Kids are the future to golf. Youth golfers become adult golfers and will be the financial future of our area courses. If youth golf continues to grow, and we make room for them on the course, then golf in the Coulee Region is in goods hands.

Brian is an avid golfer, promoter of youth golf, and the Marketing Director for Wisconsin Sports Services.

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