tees (20K)Junior Golf Lands and First Tee facilities are designed to introduce all children, regardless of race, creed or financial backgrounds, to learn the game of golf and the life values associated with it. This program has paved the way for more than 30,000 youth to have access to golf.


Directions to JGL

Junior Golf Land Facts:
Junior Golf Lands and First Tee Facilities are built from funds from the Hootie and the Blowfish, Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am, South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation and the National First Tee Program

Open Locations:
• Columbia Junior Golf Land @ Riverside: opened 1995
• First Tee of Columbia @ Junior Golf Land: opened 2002
• First Tee of Spartanburg @ Junior Golf Land: opened spring 2003
• Myrtle Beach Junior Golf Land @ Cane Patch: opened spring 2003
• First Tee of Greenville: opened summer 2005
• First Tee of Greater Charleston: opened fall 2007
• First Tee of Aiken: opened winter 2010


Planned Sites:
• First Tee of Florence 

Hootie Huts:
• Both Columbia Locations
• Spartanburg

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