2021 News & Updates
Upcoming Events for January-February 2021
Happy New Year! We are glad to announce our upcoming events for January-February 2021! We have our Start of the Year Programming and other events!
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2020 News & Updates
Happy Holidays!
We would like to wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season. As 2020 nears an end, we are grateful to have the opportunity to continue to positively impact the lives of youth in Tulsa and its surrounding communities. We had the honor of serving over 17,000 students during this tumultuous year. We would like to thank all of our students and families for their positive outlook, and working with First Tee — Tulsa staff so we could deliver fun, safe, and educational programming throughout the year. We also want to thank our terrific donors for their valued support. Due to your support, we are able to provide quality instruction at NO COST to all participants. Your support really captures the Tulsa spirit, and we thank you.
Thank You & Happy Holidays
First Tee — Tulsa Staff
Thank You Southern Hills Country Club!
Southern Hills Country Club just held their annual golf tournament benefitting First Tee — Tulsa. We greatly appreciate their generosity and support, and we look forward every year to this wonderful opportunity. Click the
link to see their website!
Thank You Southern Hills Ladies & Guests!
On Tuesday, October 19, 2020, on Women's guest day at Southern Hills, they hosted a fundraiser to support First Tee — Tulsa. They raised more than $2,000!
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Upcoming 2020 Winter Events
We have some fun events coming up this winter! Events include the First Tee — Tulsa Golf League; Free STEM classes; Parent-Child Golf Camp; Certification Days; and Free Club Giveaway.
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Red Bud Cup
Team Southern Hills captured the annual Red Bud Cup at the Golf Club of Oklahoma, defeating other teams from golf courses around the Tulsa area. The Red Bud Cup is a Ryder-Cup style match with 12 players on each team. The one-day event’s mission is to help raise money for First Tee — Tulsa.
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Students, Including Aspiring Engineer, Learn STEM Through Golf At First Tee — Tulsa
First Tee — Tulsa students learned how having an understanding of environmental science, energy transfer, aerodynamics, measurement and computation, and more can help them be better golfers and students. It can even help them plan for future careers. <<Read more here>>
First Tee — Tulsa Student Gets First Hole-In-One
The odds of an average golfer getting a hole-in-one are about 12,000 to 1, according to the
National Hole-In-One Registry. But that didn't stop one First Tee — Tulsa, who will have a lasting memory of hole number 6 Mohawk Park Golf Course.
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First Tee — Tulsa Students Play In Inaugural Oklahoma Junior Masters At Southern Hills
Two First Tee — Tulsa students recently had the opportunity to play one of the most recognizable courses in the state – teeing off from the same tee as Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, Nick Price, and so many other legends.
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First Tee — Tulsa Students Volunteer At Iron Gate
In January of 2020, First Tee — Tulsa students volunteered their time to give back to their community and help at Iron Gate. Overall, First Tee — Tulsa students helped provide 342 bags of groceries for 76 households.<<Read more here>>
Check out our video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrYg-Qin8tY
The 9th annual Red Bud Cup
We recently had an amazing group of people host a fundraiser benefiting First Tee — Tulsa. The Red Bud Cup is an interclub golf event that featured some of the best players from Cedar Ridge Country Club, Oaks Country Club, Patriot Golf Club, Southern Hills Country Club, and Tulsa Country Club. The Captains from the five teams selected the First Tee Tulsa as the beneficiary for this year, and future years as well! On behalf of all First Tee participants, parents, grandparents, and staff, we would like to thank all of the Red Bud participants and captains for their tremendous support! We greatly appreciate it!
Reading and Math Clinic
First Tee — Tulsa offered a FREE Reading and Math clinic held at the First Tee — Tulsa Learning Center in August for all students 10 years old and younger. We hired professional educators to come in and teach classes preparing our PLAYers to go back to school. The teachers used a variety of indoor activities and golf games to stimulate lots of learning. Our gratitude goes out to Mrs. Blackburn and Mrs. Davis for all their efforts to make this a fun experience for our students. Their passion for teaching and educating children were evident in the excitement our students displayed while learning.
First Tee — Tulsa's 2018 college graduates
Austin Crandall-Graduated from Sperry High School in 2011, graduated this spring from Pharmaceutical School at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the spring of 2018. Selected by the First Tee — Tulsa scholarship committee as the 2011 recipient of the Jo Bob Hille Scholarship for higher education. Loved giving back serving as a mentor coach during First Tee classes and carried it forward while attending college helped organize a golf tournament benefiting St. Jude’s.
Jon Paul Ray- Long-term First Tee — Tulsa student, graduated from Broken Arrow High School in 2015 , represented First Tee — Tulsa playing in First Tee Nature’s Valley at Pebble Beach partnering with PGA golf professional Bob Tway. Played collegiate golf at Central Christian College in Kansas and graduated in 3 years with a 3.75 GPA with a Business Management major! Seeking to go to law school has worked in the golf industry for the past 5 years during the summer time. Great memories about Jon Paul, he was always eager to give back to the community attending First Tee community service outings, is a hard worker and a natural leader.
First Tee — Tulsa's 2018 high school graduates
Alesia Gonzales graduated from Booker T. Washington with high honors in the spring of 2018. She played the number one spot on the BTW girls golf team for 4 years, played her junior year with much success shooting a 69 during an Oklahoma Junior Golf Tour tournament. She has worked hard to become a student/athlete signing to play for Missouri University at St. Louis starting next fall.
First Tee Day
First Tee — Tulsa is very grateful to Southern Hills Country Club, Cedar Ridge Country Club, Tulsa Country Club and Indian Springs Country Club for hosting a First Tee Day during the Memorial Day weekend. A big THANK YOU goes to the members who donated making this fantastic event a great success.
(Alums and The First Tee students greeting members on the first tee box of their respective clubs and wishing them a great day!)
Good News Summit
First Tee — Tulsa will be present at the good news summit on February 1st.
Please visit the
Good News Summit website, and check out this fantastic article by
The Tulsa World.
We had a blast at the Good News Summit! Saw some familiar faces, and connected with fellow organizations.
ACT Test prep
For all of our college-bound students, we will be having an ACT Test Prep Course on January 20th and 27th at the First Tee — Tulsa Learning Center. It is FREE. To sign up for this tremendous opportunity, please contact Coach Austin at
[email protected].
It was really fun to watch our students prepare for the big test. Hopefully with the help of the professional educators we brought in, our students scores will soar!
Congratulations to Soulai Vang for winning the 2017 Tournament of Champions. Well Done!
Oklahoma golf Association State Amateur Match play
Congratulations to our four (4) Alums who qualified for the Match Play portion of the Oklahoma State Amateur!
1.) Navid Majidi
2.) Alexander Hughes
3.) Tommy Riddle III
4.) Chandler Wasson
Community Service Event: Iron Gate
On Tuesday, July 25
th, 2017, First Tee — Tulsa is volunteering to serve at Iron Gate in downtown Tulsa. This is a great way for us to “Give Back” to our community. Any member of First Tee — Tulsa 13 years and older are eligible to join us. We will meet at Mohawk Park Golf Course at 7:15 a.m. and return approximately at 11:45 a.m. Please, email
[email protected] to sign up.
It is always heartening to see our participants give back to the community. We all walked away with a new perspective. Keep a look-out for our next community service opportunity.
Nadia Majidi
We would like to congratulate First Tee — Tulsa alumnus, Nadia Majidi on her terrific golf career at Tulsa University.
Baylee Price
Congratulations to First Tee — Tulsa alumnus, Baylee Price, on being named WGCA All-Region and WGCA All-American Scholar this year while playing for Northeastern State University.
First Tee — Tulsa staff would like to thank everyone at the following golf courses for supporting their local chapter by allowing participants in our program to receive donations on the first tee of each course:
- Southern Hills Country Club
- Tulsa Country Club
- Oaks Country Club
- Indian Springs Country Club
- Cedar Ridge Country Club
- Broken Arrow Golf and Athletic Club
