Golf Merit Badge Clinic
Where: The Back Nine Golf - Crestwood (Crestwood, MO)
Cost: $35 per Scout
Capacity: Limited to 18 Scouts — register early!

Earn the Full Golf Merit Badge

The Golf Merit Badge is designed to help Scouts learn the fundatmentals of golf, including techniques, rules, etiquette, and safety, while promoting physical activity, mental focus, and sportsmanship.

Merit Badge Requirements Covered

• The proper grip, stance, posture, and key fundamentals of a good swing
• Driver played from a tee
• The fairway wood shot
• The long iron shot
• The short iron shot
• The approach, chip-and-run, and pitch shots
• A recovery shot from a bunker or heavy rough
• A sound putting stroke

What to Bring

Golf Merit Badge prerequisites: 

1. Watch and read these resources before attending the clinics:

(a) First Aid on the Golf Course (video)
(b) Basic Golf Terminology (video)
(c) Rules of Amateur Status (video)
(d) World Handicap System (video)
(e) History of Golf (video)
(f) The Incomplete History of Golf in America (video)
(g) Tell about the accomplishments of a top golfer of your choice.
Resources: LPGA Player Profiles (website)
PGA Player Profiles (website)
(h) Tell about the three categories of golf etiquette.
Resource: Three Categories of Golf Etiquette (PDF)
(i) Study the USGA Rules of Golf now in use.
Resources: USGA Rules of Golf (website)
USGA Rules of Golf (Free Course) (website)
The Golf Clubs in Your Bag (video)
(j) Find out about three careers related to traditional golf. Pick one and identify the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this interests you.
Resources: How to Become a Golf Professional (video)
How to Become a Golf Instructor (video)

Comfortable athletic clothing

Tennis shoes 

Water Bottle

Important:  To complete the merit badge, participants will have to come back to complete the 18 holes (additional 2 hours for $20).

Questions? Contact: Isabel Luarde — isabel.luarde@scouting.org