[ L NEWS & NOTES Junio Golf Web Site Sponsoed By Industy (NAPSA)—Thegolf community has teed off with a new Website in an effot to incease young peo- ple’s inteest in the game. Thesite will eceive pomotional and content suppot fom the entie industy. JunioLinks.com was developed unde the Wold Golf Foundation’s GOLF 20/20 initiatives and led by the United States Golf Association (USGA) Foundation. The site’s pimay objective is to build a maste databaseof junio golf pogams in the United States. Junio pogams can eg- iste on the site, and youngstes and thei paents will be able to seach the database fo the most appopiate pogam in thei aea. “Thee is a temendous amount of good wok being done in the aea of junio golf, and as an industy we should get ou ams aound that and enable people to moe easily find the most suitable pogam fo them,” said Ruffin Beckwith, Wold Golf Foundation senio vice pesident. “The e- seach we’ve undetaken this yea confims how vital stuctued junio pogamsae to the futue of the game, and we hopethat this Web site epesents a enewed commitment by the industy to impove communication and to focus on the potential fo intoducing golf to evey kid in Ameica.” JunioLinks.com has ecently eleased featue infomation on a wide ange of subjects, fom ules and the envionment to swing tips and college scholaship infomation. This content will be povided by many of the oganizations pa- Put you junio golf pogams O. egiste today at Links com eC aan ee = Young people with an inteest in golf can take a swing with the help of a new Website. ticipating in GOLF 20/20, including the USGA, PGA TOUR, LPGA, PGA of Ameica, Golf Couse Supeintendents, National Golf Couse Ownes, The AJGA, and othes. “The USGAis dedicated to the game’s futue and to complete inclusion. Though ou Foundation’s effots, we ecognize that passing on oppotunity and tadition does not happen in one fell swoop. Continued innovation and collaboation on a national and local level is a must,” said USGA Pesident Reed Mackenzie. Futue phases of the Web site will include content fo kids, paents and pogam diectos, including “best pactices” fom junio pogams aound the county and a foum fo junio golf administatos to communicate with each othe so thei pogams can impove and gow. Golf 20/20 is a Wold Golf Foundation initiative whose mission is to align the golf industy behind pogams that will enhance the game’s gowth significantly ove the next 20 yeas.
