Tri-County Junior Golf At The Eagles Golf Club

The Eagles Golf Club, under the direction of Golf Professionals Paul Holden and Tom Shea, has launched Tri-County Junior Golf. Tri-County Junior Golf will be available to all junior golfers, ages 7-18, throughout Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas Counties. Tri-County Junior Golf will run a Junior Golf Instructional League and 10 weeks of summer camp programming. The Eagles Golf Club is a 36-hole championship facility, complete with practice areas and clubhouse amenities.

The Instructional League will start with a parent meeting and player evaluation on both Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9. Three meeting/evaluation times will be available on both days at 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm. 

The Instructional League will place children according to yardage consistency: meaning children will be placed into yardage fl ights based on the distance they hit a golf ball on a regular basis, playing 3-6-9 hole matches on the golf course from their respective tees. Weekly practice will be held and a weekly match will be played in a team setting. Everyone will play and only the lowest 4-6 scores will be used to fi gure team totals. Depending on the number of teams fi elded, they will play a regular season and then a playoff season to determine a championship team.

The Tri-County Junior Golf Summer Camp Program will run 10 weeks of camp starting June 9 through August 15, Monday through Friday, 9am- 12pm. The camps will be instructional, with an emphasis on getting junior golfers on the course as soon as possible. “Learn The Game...On The Course” will be the motto of Tri-County Junior Golf.

“Tri-County Junior Golf is creating a year-round opportunity for kids to learn the game and get on the course on a weekly basis”, states Eagles Golf Club Head Golf Professional Paul Holden. “We have a 36-hole facility that allows us this opportunity that most other golf courses can’t offer.”

“We want to develop a program that allows kids to grow into players, whether it is just for fun or for competition”, says PGA Teaching Professional Tom Shea. “There are a lot of playing opportunities for the individual locally, regionally and nationally. However, there are not a lot of developmental situations that work to get the kids to the actual golf course. The combination of constant instruction combined with playing opportunities is where Paul and I feel that Tri-County Junior Golf willallow kids to play while learning to enjoy the game.”

For more information, go to www.eaglesgolf.com or call Paul Holden or Tom Shea at The Eagles Golf Club 813-920-6681. The Eagles Golf Club is located at 16101 Nine Eagles Drive, Odessa.