Founded in 2004, the South Florida PGA Foundation is dedicated to impacting lives throughout the south Florida community through the game of golf. Since its inception, the Foundation has grown 450%, granting more than $650,000 to local charities, local students and individuals conducting outreach programs. Each year the reach of the Foundation continues to grow, as programs develop and junior golf activities expand.

In 2019, the SFPGA Foundation granted nine local charitable organizations over $14,000 towards their efforts of providing golf throughout their community, seeking to bring positive change. You can see the charities donated to below and click each one to learn more about their organization.

The Chiera Family Foundation
Dade County Junior Golf Association/ 1st Tee of Miami
The First Tee Naples/Collier
Junior Golf Foundation of America
GIG - Gifts in Golf
Indian River Golf Foundation
LPGA - USGA Girls Golf
Palm Beach Junior Golf Association
Stoneybrook Junior Golf
 

In 2010, The South Florida PGA Foundation created Smiling Fore Life, a program whereby SFPGA Professionals visit local children’s hospitals weekly. The PGA Professionals bring golf into children’s lives who may be experiencing hardship, and afford them with an opportunity to forget about the struggles they are experiencing, get out of their hospital room and enjoy a fun and new activity. In addition to the great benefits this program provides to the children it also affords SFPGA Professionals the opportunity to get more involved in the local community. Currently four hospitals and one children’s healthcare facility are participating in this program, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, the Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Golisano Children’s Hospital of SW Florida in Fort Myers, the Quantum House in West Palm Beach, and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami.

After nine years this program has experienced much growth and success, and impacts more than 1,100 young patients annually.  In addition to not just providing golf to the patients, in September of 2012 a permanent mark was left at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital with the installation of an astroturf putting green on the facility’s fourth floor.  This installation was a “hole in one” with the patients and physicians, said Nick Masi, Director of Family Centered Care at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.

   Here are our Smiling Fore Life locations: 

For more stories on Smiling Fore Life & the positive impact it's made on the PGA Professionals that teach and the children participating click below!

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We are thankful for the financial support from our partnership with the Florida Junior Golf Council grant that supports our endeavor to support our local youth community through the game of golf. You can learn more about their organization's mission HERE.

Developed in 2018 the South Florida PGA Foundation annually provides one local student with a four year, $20,000 scholarship to assist with their college education.  The student selected to receive the scholarship will receive it in $5,000 increments over the course of four years.  In order to receive funding each year, additional paperwork including a copy of the student’s transcript must be submitted to the SFPGA Foundation to ensure the student is performing at an acceptable level. 

For further information, please click HERE now.

  Click here to hear more from our 2019 South Florida PGA Scholarship recipient - Claire Sattler
Click here to read more about our 2018 South Florida PGA Scholarship recipient - Tyler Nagy
 

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• PGA Financial Assistance Scholarship Fund
• KPMG Future Leaders Scholarship
• LPGA Scholarships
  • The Dinah Shore Scholarship
  • The Phyllis G. Meekins Scholarship
  • The Marilynn Smith Scholarship

• Michael O’Brien Scholarship
  • Past Recipients
• The Don E. Beattie Scholarship
  • Past Recipients
• The Bobby Goodman Scholarship
  • Past Recipients
• PGA Golf Management Scholarship at Florida Gulf Coast University 
  • Past Recipients