​​​FGA Goals

• Grow the number of participants exposing the special needs community to the therapeutic & rehabilitation benefits of golf
• Eliminate the constraints for special needs individuals
  • Evaluating and making more golf courses accessible
  • Training more adaptive golf professionals
• Change the Illinois golfing world to be more welcoming  to the special needs community

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Who We Serve

• Individuals across ALL disability types:
  • Physical - Amputees, Missing Limbs, Paralysis
  • Intellectual and Developmental
  • Neurological - Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Vision Impaired
  • Disabled Veterans including those with PTSD

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What We Do

• Provide FREE Adaptive Golf Clinics at Public Schools, Local Golf Courses
• Take those ready to the course to experience play (Get Out and Play)
• Train New Adaptive Golf Coaches
• Evaluate courses in Illinois to determine accessibility

2017 Accomplishments

• Provided 3,600 Participant Lessons for Free
• Introduced 750 New Participants to the Game of Golf
• Took 80 Individuals out on the Course
• Trained 37 Adaptive Golf Instructors

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By the Numbers

• 1 in 5 Americans lives with a disability (57 million total)
• 18 million would like to play golf but only 6 million play today
• There are over 305,000 veterans suffering from PTSD in the US

​Many who want to learn golf have found that golf facilities could not help them or turned them away. Our intention is to include golfers with physical and developmental disabilities regardless of source or origin, assisting them in focusing on the positive aspects of their lives and increasing their sense of enjoyment. Positive social, therapeutic and rehabilitative results are the real benefits of the game of golf.

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Non For Profit 2016

Non For Profit 2015

Player Development Award Nominee 2015

Courage Award 2015