First Green goes to Chambers Bay

About a month ago I was asked by the USGA to come to Chambers Bay and help do a First Green field trip with a group of local 8th grade students. I assisted Josh Lewis, who isthe golf course superintendent at Chambers Bay. The USGA wanted to video the trip and play it on their website during the US Open to show the partnership with First Green. The video is posted on their site and the link to it is below. It's only 2:12 in length so please check it out. The First Green program is getting a lot of new exposure this week thanks to the USGA!

USGA First Green video


Steve Kealy
Golf Course Superintendent

First Green video

First Green is a program that partners golf course superintendents with teachers and brings kids out to golf courses to learn STEM (Science, technology, Engineering, and Math) learning. The program was started in 1997 and has had over 15,000 WA State students participate in the program. I've been involved with FG since 1998 and have hosted over 100 field trips at Glendale. The USGA has been our biggest supporter for the past several years and wanted to showcase the program and their support of it during the US Open. I was asked to be part of a PSA (Public Service Announcement) filming that would air during the Open. I flew to Miami during spring break and was part of the cast that was in the filming of the video. It was a great experience being part of the production. The video is live on YouTube as of today and will appear on Fox during the US Open coverage. The ad agency that that was in charge of  the production estimates that there will be 120 million viewings of the PSA during the Open. We should get a lot of new interest in the program from around the country!

Kids on a First Green field trip at Glendale CC in April of 2012.

Click on the link below to go to the USGA First Green video. Check it out, it's only 30 seconds in length. The USGA has asked us to not post this to any social media sites until after June 9th when their PR firm makes the formal release to the media. Thanks!

 https://youtu.be/R_j8NLIEjK0

Steve Kealy
Golf Course Superintendent
Glendale Country Club