Two weeks each summer, the LBJGA conducts the Little Linksters program at Heartwell Park GC. This introductory level class meets each morning for a week, going though the basics of the game and building on the previous day’s learning. The culmination of the week is a scramble format tournament where the juniors use the set of clubs they get from the program and play in a foursome with a sponsoring adult. There is a luncheon and awards program after the tournament.

Information on the program can be obtained by contacting the LBJGA in the spring or summer of each year at (562) 570-1272.

In conjunction with the City’s Parks, Recreation and Marine Department and the Long Beach Unified School District, the LBJGA and American Golf’s teaching professionals conduct several introductory clinics to youth throughout the year. These are conducted at varying sites like middle school playgrounds, City park locations and the City’s golf courses.

All of the City of Long Beach golf courses participate in the SCGA Foundation’s Youth on Course program, which provides members with subsidized access to driving range practice and greens fees. The Long Beach Junior Golf Association is also a member club of the Southern California Golf Association.

The Youth on Course program certifies its members in their knowledge of the game and its etiquettes and provides life skills components to a learning curriculum that once completed, affords the junior golfer access to over 65 participating golf courses throughout the southland.

For more information on the Youth on Course program visit the Long Beach Junior Golf Association or the SCGA Foundation.

Another way for youngsters to get introduced to or involved with golf, is the Long Beach Golf Little League, which conducts numerous activities primarily at the Recreation Park South Course.

The Little League is comprised of teams who meet during the week with their coaches to work on the various aspects of the game of golf, and then they meet in round-robin competitions on Saturdays during their seasons.

For more information, visit www.lbgll.org.

The Long Beach Junior Golf Association, based at Heartwell Park GC, meets at the course on Friday afternoons and evenings and provides multiple levels of activities for members that are based on each junior’s level of proficiency in the game. Activities include instruction, short game competitions and playing up to 18 holes of golf.

Membership is open to juniors age 7 to 17, and participants do not have to be residents of Long Beach. For more information on membership or services, call the LBJGA Office at (562) 570-1272. Annual membership averages as high as 600 members!

Long Beach Junior Golf Registration Form - PDF