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PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\nFirst Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh details efforts to enhance the Bob O\u2019Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 spoke with the CEO of First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh about their latest efforts to offer access to the sport of golf at a low cost for kids and teenagers<\/p>\n
PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n
For the past 25 years, First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh has worked to help children and teenagers get access to the sport of golf at a low cost.<\/p>\n
Now, as they continue their mission, they\u2019re working to enhance the Bob O\u2019Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park.<\/p>\n
First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh President & CEO Eric Amato spoke with Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 about those plans.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s building upon the work that we did, getting more groups and getting more kids, from different agencies like Special Olympics or partnerships that we’ve built out through other youth-serving agencies in the community,” said Amato. “So having more kids on this site, learning our program, learning our stuff is one of the exciting opportunities we have.”<\/p>\n
First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh is exploring using the current footprint at the golf course to create a full-swing performance area as opposed to a conventional driving range.<\/p>\n
On the 9-hole course, they\u2019re aiming to invest in making updates and making it more accessible with electric golf carts.<\/p>\n
“Adding golf carts really is a key component for sustainability, success and also accessibility,” said Amato. “Getting people in that wouldn’t normally play.”<\/p>\n
He later added, “Pittsburgh’s a great, awesome town, but it’s not the flattest area in the world. And so by having something that allows them to participate and play this game for as long as possible is really exciting.”<\/p>\n
First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh said they aren\u2019t asking the city for money for the project and instead are asking for support and donations from the community to make the project possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Tee \u2013 Pittsburgh details efforts to enhance the Bob O\u2019Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park Pittsburgh\u2019s Action…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-262034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}