{"id":752336,"date":"2026-07-09T10:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752336\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:10:17","slug":"noah-kahan-joins-mayor-wu-for-launch-of-new-youth-golf-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752336\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Kahan joins Mayor Wu for launch of new youth golf program"},"content":{"rendered":"

After shipping back up to Boston Tuesday for the first of four sold-out nights<\/a> at Fenway Park<\/a>, Noah Kahan took some time to give back to the Boston community.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Kahan helped launch Boston Common Golf\u2019s new youth impact program, Common Ground, which will increase access to the game of golf for children across Boston. Kahan also hosted a youth golf clinic at the launch with professional golfer Keegan Bradley, which took place at the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park. <\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in a really nice upper-middle-class town, and I always saw golf as a sport for rich people. And I moved to Boston\u2026 and realized that golf is really for everybody,\u201d Kahan said at the event. \u201cMaking golf more accessible means more kids get to discover something they might end up falling in love with like I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The New England singer, an avid golfer himself, recounted playing local courses like Watertown Fresh Pond and Newton Commonwealth. He joined<\/a> Boston Common Group as an investor in 2025, and his mental health initiative Busyhead Project was also a partner in Wednesday\u2019s launch. <\/p>\n

\u201cGolf is a huge part of my mental health structure,\u201d Kahan said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the very few outlets where I can slow down and quiet my brain for a few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Michelle Wu was also present at Wednesday\u2019s event, reflecting on the youth sport initiatives the city has prioritized. Through a speech dotted with Kahan puns, Wu announced that members of Youth on Course<\/a> can now tee off at George Wright Golf Course for $5 throughout the summer. She also shared that Boston families will soon be able to play golf together for $25.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too many kids across the country, golf can seem like it\u2019s somebody else\u2019s game \u2014 big gates, fancy spaces, families who belong to a club, and a real gap in access,\u201d Wu said at the event. \u201cBut here in Boston, we are determined to make sure that our young people and our families have every opportunity right at their fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boston Common Golf launched the New England PGA Foundation Scholarship in partnership with Bradley, awarding two high school golfers every year with $5,000 each to use towards their education. The organization also donated three golf simulators to the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the main reasons I got involved with Boston Common Golf as a partner and ambassador is because I shared the same belief that golf should bring people together,\u201d Kahan said. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely honored to be a part of this team to be a part of helping make golf more accessible to folks here in Boston and New England.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GrasonGrason Agbai received instruction from golf pro Bill Barton about the driver during youth golf clinic at the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park. David L. Ryan\/Globe Staff\"RubyRuby Paez and others were on the driving range at Boston Common Golf\u2019s youth golf clinic. David L. Ryan\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n

Sterling Davies can be reached at sterling.davies@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After shipping back up to Boston Tuesday for the first of four sold-out nights at Fenway Park, Noah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-752336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}