Junior Golf Program

Revised 01/05/2025

We are a co-ed golf organization for boys and girls ages 7-21 who are blind or low vision. All skill levels are welcome, and our clinics and outings are completely free!

Sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association (MABGA), we provide each player with a PGA-certified instructor who will offer lessons at a golf course near the player’s home. Additionally, we provide golf clubs, golf balls, and a golf bag to ensure that each participant has the equipment they need to get started. If you have the determination, we are here to teach you how to play golf!

Please note: Transportation to the lessons is not included.

If you are interested in learning to play golf, want to have fun, and would like more information, please contact Michael Molloy at 215-499-0599 or email us at junior-golf@mabga.org.

Don’t forget to call and reserve your spot!

Also, be sure to read the article about junior blind golfer John Paul Corman on our News Articles page.

2025 Junior Blind Golf Schedule

Please stay tuned for the 2025 schedule, which will be released soon!

Update on Junior Golf Course on the grounds at New York Institute for Special Education

By NORMAN KRITZ, PAST JUNIOR MABGA CHAIRMAN.
November 22, 2020

This school for blind children is in the Bronx, NY. Two years ago they responded to the request to build a pitch and putt golf course on their campus. It took all that time to get where we are in November 2020.

As of today they have synthetic teeing areas for seven holes and a synthetic practice putting green with standard holes (4 1/4 inches). There is room for seven greens. The holes will be 8 inches. TWO Of the holes are wheelchair accessible. One of the holes has a SAND trap with a burm and one of the holes has a big rock in the middle of the green.

Fifteen years ago we had a junior member who was seven at the time (Kirk Brouwer). He has since graduated from Fordham University. his father Ken and a building contractor Dominic Parisi and I met at the school along with the executive director of the school (Bernadette Kappen). It has been a long hard road but we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. As you read this, the rest of the course is being built. Depending on the weather is when it will be finished.

The director of the Philadelphia Section PGA Geoff Surrette introduced me to the director of the NY Metropolitan Section PGA(Jeff Voorhees) and he contributed the labor and materials needed for the course. This included a real lawn mower (cuts greens) and the rest of the hardware needed.

I was lucky to have my son and our own Paris drive me to the Bronx, it is a 6 hour round trip. This was a labor of love and pictures will be forthcoming.