Junior Golf

In order to participate in Lochmoor Club's Junior Golf program, children must be 6 years of age prior to June 1st of the current year.  Junior Golf is available only to Golf Members.

Instruction | On-Course Schedule

On Thursday mornings, the Blue Tee Level will participate in an instructional clinic from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.. The Gold, Red and Green Tee Levels will play in an organized format with Green Tee Levels starting play at 8:00 a.m. and Red and Gold Tee Levels starting play at 9:00 a.m.  The instructional clinics on Thursdays for the Red and Gold Levels will take place from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. for the Green Level.

Arrival Times

Green - 7:30 - 7:45 a.m.  Red - 7:45 a.m.  Gold - 7:45 a.m.  Blue - 8:50 a.m.  Almost - 9:50.  You must register each week to participate!  Registration is available at check-in for the following week or can be found on the Junior Golf board located in the Sports entrance of the .Clubhouse.  Please be prompt on Thursday morning or Junior Golf will start without you! 

Almost Golf will meet from 10:00 -11:00 a.m. on all Junior Golf Thursdays, except during the Junior Golf Championship.

Schedule

Weekly sign-up is required! Junior Golfers must sign up each week by noon on the Wednesday prior to Junior Golf. Sign up is on the Junior Golf board located inside the Sports entrance of the main clubhouse or by calling the Golf Shop.

All Thursdays!

Junior Golf Tee Levels

There will be five levels to the Junior Golf program, each based on a skill set (not age). As the child progresses through the various levels, the skills test will become progressively more difficult. When the child has passed all ability checkpoints on a level, they will advance to the next level.

1. ALMOST GOLF
   Our first Personal Tee Level, Almost Golf, will be an introduction to the game of golf. Children will be introduced to the golf course, full swing basics, chipping and putting. A skills test will be passed prior to moving to the Blue Tee Level.
   Cost: Golf Member - $150/child
   
   
2. BLUE TEE
   These golfers will have passed the Almost Golf skill set. They will begin playing the golf course from the Blue Tee markers (roughly 1,800 yards). When they have passed all ability checkpoints in the Blue Tee Level, they will graduate to the Gold Tee Level. 
   Cost: Golf Member - $225/child
   
   
3. GOLD TEE
   The next Personal Tee Level golfers will play from are the Gold Tee markers (roughly 3,600 yards). When they have passed all the ability checkpoints in the Gold Tee Level they will progress to the Red Tee Level.
   Cost: Golf Member - $225/child
   
   
4. RED TEE
   These Junior Golfers will play from the Red Tee markers (roughly 5,000 yards). Upon completion of the Red Tee Level, Junior Golfers will have demonstrated the ability to play competent golf as well as conduct themselves in an appropriate manner on the golf course. When they have passed all the ability checkpoints in the Red Tee Level, they will graduate and become a Green Bag Tag member.
   Cost: Golf Member - $225/child
   
   
5. GREEN BAG TEE
   The Junior Golfer for whom this applies will be given a Green Bag Tag, which must be prominently displayed on his or her golf bag. The Green Bag Tag will allow the Junior Golfer to play Lochmoor Club and use the practice facilities unaccompanied by an adult during non-peak times. Once you have graduated to the Green Bag Tag level you will be considered to be an eighteen hole golfer. This should be every Junior Golfer’s goal!
   Cost: Golf Member - $225/child 

How to Pass a Level

A Junior Golfer must schedule an appointment with one of the Golf Professionals and perform the skill tests necessary to pass with the Golf Professional present. The Junior Golfer will be eligible to take the skills portion of the test once he or she has shown proper form.  If proper form is not shown, no skills test will be given.  The Junior Golfer must be ready to test at the designated time of the skills test.  Any and all practice shots are to be done prior to the actual testing time.

Please Note: Practicing the skills test and forms is a great way to take off the pressure when the time comes in front of the Golf Professional.

Junior Golf Policies

Children who are not Green Bag Tag members, but are in the Red or Gold Levels may use the practice facilities unaccompanied by an adult.  Blue Level or Almost Golfers may use the practice facilities only when accompanied by an adult. Children under the age of 18 are not permitted in the locker rooms unless accompanied by an adult. Children must have a driver’s license to operate a golf cart.

Dress Code

• Head wear will be worn in the manner in which it was designed (forward).
• No denim jeans or cut-offs.
• Boys must wear shirts with sleeves and collars.
• Boys will have their shirts tucked in.
• Girls must wear shirts with either sleeves or collars (No T-shirts).
• Shorts are permitted, however they must be no shorter than one’s own hand-width above the kneecap.
• Golf shoes with soft spikes or sneakers are the only acceptable form of footwear.

Parent | Walker Responsibilities

Parents or other designated adults, whose child or children are in the Green, Red, or Gold Levels, must volunteer to walk a minimum of two times per season since Junior Golfers, with the exception of the Green Bag Tag members, are not allowed on the golf course unsupervised. If a family has two children enrolled in Junior Golf, they must walk a minimum of three times. For three or more children enrolled, they must walk a minimum of four times.  Sign up for walking will be available at check-in each week for the current week as well as for the following week.  "Walkers" are allowed to take a golf cart when supervising, but Junior Golfers are not allowed to ride along. Junior Golfers must walk and carry their own golf bags!