Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation Enhances Support NTPGA's Growth of the Game Initiatives
NTPGA • July 12, 2016
Dallas, Texas –
The Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Northern Texas PGA (NTPGA) Junior Golf Foundation, are pleased to announce an enhanced partnership to help grow the game in North Texas.
The partnership is centered around each of the five pillars of programming and services that the Northern Texas PGA junior Golf Foundation offers to grow the game including:
- Introduction – Fairway to Success After School Program, Drive, Chip and Putt and Summer Golf Camps.
- Playing – Team / PGA Junior League Golf, Prep and Medalist Levels and the All-American Tour – 400+ tournaments per year.
- Education – College Scholarships – $1.73M distributed including a record $235,000 awarded in 2016.
- Employment – Internship, Camp Program and Full-Time.
- Philanthropy – Kids Play FORE Kids, Ewing Charity Classic, Birdies for Kids and the Royal Oaks’ Great 108
Introduction – Drive, Chip and Putt – Junior golfers that participate in a Drive, Chip and Putt qualifier this summer who have never been a member of the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation will become a Foundation member at no charge, compliments of the Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation. In addition, each new member will receive one free tournament on the NTPGA’s Junior Tour compliments of the Jordan Spieth Family Foundation. Drive, Chip and Putt qualifiers started in June. To register for this free, nationwide junior skills competition, visit www.drivechipandputt.com.
Playing – Creation of the Preeminent High School Tournament in the State of Texas – The Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation in conjunction with the Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation have created an invitational high school tournament to be played this fall. The inaugural tournament will feature top finishing boys and girls teams from various divisions in this year’s TAPPS and UIL state championships.
Education – College Scholarships – The Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation continues its charitable commitment to educational services by providing scholarships for very deserving students to attend college. This year, 29 students will receive a record of $235,000 in funding to attend college. In 2016, three Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation scholarships will be provided to very deserving students. The partnership also includes three additional scholarships that will be provided in 2017.
Employment – Diversity Internship Program – The Northern Texas PGA has a very successful internship program, annually hiring 35-40 paid interns to assist with our operation year-round. The internship program has placed over 100 former interns in the golf business around the country.
Through our Foundation we strive to create a culture of inclusion to grow the game and raise awareness that golf is in fact affordable, welcoming and fun for all individuals regardless of age, gender, ability, background or lifestyle. The Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation are supporting our diversity internship program.
Philanthropy – The Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation also supports the Ewing Charity Classic. Funds raised over the past 20 years from this event have benefited the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation’s broad-based community outreach programs.
“Our family is very excited to partner with the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation for a second consecutive year to help grow the game in North Texas,” said Doug Brooks. “Being involved with the Foundation from Drive, Chip and Putt all the way to scholarships and employment is fantastic.”
“We are truly honored to partner with the Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation who are very supportive of junior golf and growing the game in our region,” said Mark Harrison, Executive Director / CEO. “You never know, the next Jordan Spieth or Brittany Lang, both of whom grew up playing in our Junior Tour events could be just getting started now thanks to the generosity of the Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation.”
For more information on these growth of the game initiatives and partnership with the Holly and Doug Brooks Family Foundation, please contact the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation at 214-420-7421.
To learn more and register for the Drive, Chip and Putt competition, visit www.drivechipandputt.com ; to learn more about the Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation’s other growth of the game initiatives, please visit www.ntpgajuniorgolf.com
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