You know the best thing about introducing a child to the game of golf?  It's the satisfaction you have knowing that golf is a game of character, played in the great outdoors, that can be played for a lifetime!  At The Refuge, we have the Wee Links--a three hole course just for juniors to learn the game.  And now we have the Family Fun Five!

The Family Fun Five is a way for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and juniors to play golf together on the regulation course without the stress some juniors feel when they are "in the middle of other adult golfers" they don't know.  At The Refuge, the fifth hole comes back close to the clubhouse and it takes just over an hour to play the first five holes.  So we thought it would be a great "short course" for families to play together (before the young ones got too tired from playing nine holes) and you'd be right back at the clubhouse when you're done.

The "Blue" Course Family Fun Five plaque on the third fairway.

Working in conjunction with US Kids Golf and the PGA of America, we've installed plaques (like the one shown above) in the fairways on the first five holes that will serve as "teeing grounds" for the younger players.  Additionally, we have a new scorecard that's just for the Family Fun Five--using the measurements from our existing forward tees as the back tees for juniors plus the new Blue and Gold tees indicated by the plaques.  This gives your junior golfer a chance to learn how to keep his or her own score the correct way.  We've even installed color-coordinated metal "buttons" on the cart paths so you know where to stop or drive out to the new Family Fun Five plaques in your golf cart and not have to drive around looking for them.

The cost of the Family Fun Five is another part of the attraction.  Start times for the five-hole round begin approximately 30 minutes after our normal Sunset Rates begin (just call to check with the golf shop because the time change seasonally) and the cost is only:

$16 -- One adult and one junior (and this includes one cart for the two to share)

$5 -- each additional junior walking (maximum of five total players in a group)

Or, if for example, a mother and father and two children want to play the Family Fun Five,
then the cost is only $32 for all four (and that includes two carts for the foursome)