2017 Memorandum of Understanding
First Drive
This Memorandum of Understanding is intended to create a partnership between your golf club
and Golf Québec in order to promote the participation of children aged 7 to 12 years old in the
game of golf through the First Drive program.
Program summary
Designed to facilitate access to our sport and participation of families in the game of golf, the
“First Drive” program invites children of 7 to 12 years old to play for free, at participating golf
clubs, when accompanied by an adult who pays his own green fee.
Young golfers will have fun playing on courses that are adapted to their age. In other words,
regular course yardage will be modified on a 9-hole course where specific teeing blocks will be
installed to create par 3 holes of approximately 100-yard long as well as a par 4 will not exceed
200 yards and a par 5 will be around 250 yards
Objectives
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Facilitate access to our sport;
Incite children to play golf;
Incite families to play golf;
Provide a course that is adapted to the age of participants;
Encourage clubs to unite and commit to junior golf development;
Help parents find out which courses are accessible for their children to go out and play
golf;
Promote clubs that are actively involved in junior golf development.
Precision
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One child at no charge per paying adult.
The club must determine which timeframe is dedicated to this program (specific days
and tee-off times). You will be asked to publish this information on your various
communication tools, including on your website.
Participation
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The golf club agrees to:
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Receive children of 7 to 12 years old, free of charge, when accompanied by an
adult who pays his own green fee. One child at no charge per paying adult.
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Create and install tee-off blocks dedicated to the “First Drive” program.
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Respect the following yardage:
o Maximum of 100 yards for a par 3;
o Maximum of 200 yards for a par 4; and
o Maximum of 250 yards for a par 5;
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Post the “First Drive” sticker in a visible and strategic area of the club;
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Add the program logo on the club’s website;
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Publish the days and range of hours specifically reserved for the “First Drive”
program as well as all pertinent procedures;
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Update Golf Québec on days and range of hours that are available;
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Submit to Golf Québec statistics regarding the participation of children in the
“First Drive” program during the 2017 golf season.
Golf Québec agrees to:
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Add the name of your club on the list of “First Drive” clubs posted on its website;
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Include, when available, the contact information of participating clubs in the
promotional material and specific communication supporting the program;
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Further promote the program by publishing, on its website, the electronic file that
children will need to download and print their own scorecards.
I understand that, to join the “First Drive” program, I must commit to:
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Create and install tee-off blocks with adapted yardage on at least one 9-hole course;
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Receive children of 7 to 12 years old, FREE OF CHARGE, when accompanied by an
adult who pays his own green fee for a 9-hole round, during the whole golf season, at
specific times identified by my club;
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Update Golf Québec on days and range of hours that are reserved for the “First Drive”
program (see chart on the last page of this Memorandum of Understanding);
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Post the “First Drive” sticker in a visible and strategic area of the club;
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Add the program logo on the club’s website and publish pertinent information;
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Submit to Golf Québec statistics regarding the participation of children in the “First
Drive” program;
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As a participant in the “First Drive” program, I understand and accept that Golf Québec
will post the name of my club on their website and may use it in advertising initiatives.
Name of golf club:
e-mail:
Telephone:
Contact person:
Signature:
Date:
Reserved to Golf Québec:
Signature:
Date:
Days and range of hours that are reserved for the “First Drive” program at my club
CLUB
HOURS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Please return this chart by fax at 514 252-3146 or by e-mail: [email protected]