EFM League

Junior Members

Eligible for Membership Junior Golf League

Taking Skilled Golfers to the Elite Level

The Society 61 Foundation celebrates the rich legacy of African American golf history as a way to transform the sport to ensure its true diversity into the future. The Society 61 Foundation knows that for us to reach our goal the entire culture and pipeline structure of the sport of golf needs to be updated.

Our Eligible For Membership (EFM) Junior Golf Leagues are designed to shift the golf culture, expand and diversify the pipeline, and advance the golf industry.

Care

We support African American and other minority junior golfers to become competitive, tournament-level players with the elite skills they need for success.

Community

EFM Junior Golf Leagues create the opportunity for minority junior golfers to compete with other juniors who have the same lived experiences as them.

Confidence

EFM league members experience increased confidence, which is carried onto the golf course.

Powered by Golf and Academic Enhancement Modalities

Our junior golfers increase their performance on the course and in the classroom, through the Society 61 6-Point Performance System™.

Personalized Practice Plans Provided by PGA Professionals

Group Swing and Short Game Lessons by PGA Professionals

Time Management, Study and Productivity Protocols for Getting Better Grades in Less Time

Fitness and Nutrition Mentorship

Accountability Systems for Monitoring Improvement

Monthly Matches Against Other Golf Clubs/Teams

Grounded in Effective Practice Approaches

Junior golfers in the EFM League are taught about creating deliberate practice sessions to become more efficient and motivated about advancing their golf game.

Each EFM junior golfer creates a written plan for their practice sessions which includes goals related to the specific golf skill they want to achieve

Master schedule with classic, challenging and innovative formats designed to enhance each golfer’s skills and create comradery among league members

Weekly practice opportunities are set up at a golf course or practice range (one day per week)

Free range balls provided at each weekly practice session

PGA Professionals attend to provide free short game and putting lessons

Engineered to Showcase Junior Golfer’s Talents

Competition in junior golf brings forth winners and enlightening stories while also building strong personalities, resilience, tenacity, a sense of humor and humility.