Freedom Golf Association

Join us for our 6th Annual Golf Outing

Friday, June 14th
9am Shotgun

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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

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

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

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.