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First Green continues to bring young people into the game

By Logan Groeneveld-Meijer

Posted on May 12, 2025

Science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics (STEAM) – valuable education principles that happen to be inherent in a golf course superintendent’s job.

Category: WA Golf News, Youth Golf

Tags: David Phipps, First Green, GCSAA, Junior Golf, Steve Kealy, Turfgrass

Kendrick B. Melrose Family Foundation donates $500,000 to First Green

By wsga

Posted on Jul 22, 2019

The Kendrick B. Melrose Family Foundation has donated $500,000 to the Environmental Institute for Golf (EIFG), the philanthropic organization of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: First Green, GCSAA, Kendrick B. Melrose Family Foundation

Washington State Golf Association donates $26,000 to support GCSAA’s First Green

By wsga

Posted on Jun 19, 2019

The Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) has donated $26,000 to the Environmental Institute for Golf (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: First Green, GCSAA, Junior Golf, Rhett Evans, STEM, The First Green, Troy Andrew, USGA

USGA continues support of GCSAA's First Green

By wsga

Posted on Jun 14, 2019

The United States Golf Association has committed $20,000 in funding support to the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) (more…)

Category: Championship News, Youth Golf

Tags: EIFG, First Green, GCSAA, Junior Golf, Rhett Evans, STEM, USGA

Washington State Golf Association Developing New Brand and Website

By wsga

Posted on Nov 14, 2018

The Washington State Golf Association (WSGA) – a non-profit organization representing over 675 clubs and nearly 70,000 golfers (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: Billy Casper Golf, Buffalo Agency, Colorado Golf Association, First Green, Glenn Gray, Mass Golf, Troy Andrew, Washington Golf

First Green merges with GCSAA

By wsga

Posted on Aug 17, 2018

by Jeff Shelley Initially announced at the Golf Industry Show in February, Bellevue, Wash.-based First Green Foundation is moving forward (more…)

Category: WA Golf News

Tags: David Phipps, First Green, GCSAA, Rhett Evans

First Green Foundation Formalizes Expansion to Western Canada

By wsga

Posted on Sep 9, 2015

First Green Foundation formalized its relationship with the Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA) (more…)

Category: Membership News

Tags: First Green, First Green Foundation

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