First Tee - Delaware

10/12/2026

10/12/2026

Incredibly Experiences to Be Made!

10/12/2026

History was made Saturday at Maple Dale Country Club! 16 Delaware high schools came together for the inaugural Delaware Girls High School Golf Tournament, the culmination of six matches over the weeks leading up to October 10th. Thank you to our partners at the Delaware Women's Golf Association, the Delaware high school coaches and many others who made it possible.

This moment stands on the shoulders of the girls who came before. For years, young women competed and won on coed teams, showing what was possible long before this stage existed. Because of you, today’s girls have a place of their own to shine. We see you, and we thank you.

Want to help us grow girls’ golf in Delaware? Sponsor next year’s tournament or register your daughter for First Tee - Delaware programs at www.firdtteedelaware.org

10/11/2026

Safety First is Always at the forefront of our decisions.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 2026

Today's class at Garrison Lakes is POSTPONED!
Coaches and Staff will be in touch soon with a makeup date and time.

10/07/2026

On this we thank those who step in and up each and every time to make our communities better for the kids & teens we serve!

10/06/2026

We could not do it without All our coaches! Thank you!

10/05/2026

Making Moves in Delaware for access to Girls Golf!

⛳ For years, if you were a girl who wanted to play high school golf in Delaware, you had one option: ride a coed roster and hope for a shot that too often never came.

That just changed.

For the first time ever, Delaware has a statewide high school girls golf series. Their own stage, built just for them.

It started a couple weeks ago, right here at Ed Oliver in Wilmington, and it all comes down to a statewide championship at Maple Dale this Saturday, October 10, for a title that didn't exist in this state until now.

Here's the part that got us.

Organizers say the format pairs seasoned players with girls picking up a club for the first time, and one of the first matches had a top player in the state walking the course alongside a total beginner, both of them laughing the whole way. A DWGA leader said parents are emailing to say these were the first matches their daughters ever came home from smiling, wanting to talk about it.

That's what this is really about. Girls walking off a golf course feeling like they belong on it.

We're telling the full story in tomorrow's newsletter, how it came together, who built it, and why it matters for the future of golf in Delaware.

Subscribe link's in the comments. 👇

10/05/2026

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Delaware's First-Ever Statewide Girls High School Golf Series Has Begun

Last week, something happened in Delaware high school athletics that's never happened before: girls teed off in their own statewide golf match series — not as an afterthought on a coed team, but as the main event.

For the first time ever, Delaware's high school girl golfers have a stage built just for them. And they are showing up.

Why This Matters
For years, most girls who wanted to play high school golf in Delaware had one option: join the coed' team and hope for a shot at match or tournament play that, too often, never came. They loved the game — they just never got a real chance to compete in it.

That changes now.
First Tee — Delaware and the Delaware Women's Golf Association (DWGA) teamed up as lead sponsors to build a series that exists for one reason: to give girls the fair shot they've always deserved. Led by Scott Allen, First Tee – Delaware’s Director of Development & Programs, and Lesley Corydon, President of the Delaware Women’s Golf Association. The Delaware Coaches Association jumped in to support it too — because when you give girls room to compete, everyone shows up to back it.

Behind the scenes, this series didn't just happen on its own. First Tee — Delaware's Program Director, Charma Bell, has also been hands-on in getting several of these matches off the ground — and she hasn't done it alone. A dedicated group of volunteers from both First Tee — Delaware and the DWGA have shown up match after match to make sure these girls had a real competition to play in.
This is what community-built history looks like.

The Series So Far
Six regional matches were scheduled, and the energy has been undeniable. Two more regional matches are coming this week:

Monday, October 5 — Southern Delaware Golf Club
Tuesday, October 6 — Ed Oliver Golf Club

Then it all comes together at the Statewide Championship:
Saturday, October 10 — Maple Dale Country Club, Dover, DE
9-hole stroke match for the more advanced players
9-hole scramble for beginner and intermediate girls — because every skill level deserves a place on the course

For More Detailed Information Please click the following link: https://firstteedelaware.org/2026-statewide-girls-high-school-golf-series/