Golf's American Development Model
Appendix#
Guidelines for Selecting Tees
This chart is to be used as a guideline to help golfers potentially align their average driving distance with a course length that is best suited to abilities.
PGA Coach
The ultimate goal of ADM is to maximize each athlete’s potential, create well-rounded athletes and develop principles that create life-long golfers for both current and future generations. To help with this process, the PGA of America has created pga.coach, a website that will give the golf industry access to course content to help them properly coach ADM principles to athletes of all ages. Additionally, PGA Coach provides tools to help build lesson plans.
CONTRIBUTORS #
Golf Governing Bodies ADM Committee
Andy Levinson
Vice President, PGA Tour
Executive Director, USA GOLF
Anthony Vitale, PGA
Director, American Development Model, PGA of America
Dr. Beth Brown, PhD, LPGA
Senior Player Development Advisor, USGA
United States National Development Program
Matt Williams
Director Golf Development, The Masters
Nancy Henderson
Chief Teaching Officer, LPGA
Steve Mona
Senior Advisor, American Golf Industry Coalition
Steve Tanner
Senior Director Player Engagement, PGA of America
Golf's ADM Technical Expert Group
Dr. Brian Hainline
Chief Medical Officer, NCAA
Chris Snyder
Sr. VP of Sport, Education and Programs, i9 Sports
Mary Lee Cobick, LPGA
SVP, LPGA Foundation & LPGA Professionals
Dr. Steve Norris
Worldwide Long Term Athlete Development Expert
Ted Logan
Career Consultant, PGA of America
Tom Morton, PGA
Director of Golf, Morton Golf
Subject Matter Expert Review
US Olympic & Paralympic Committee
USA Hockey
USA Basketball
USA Lacrosse
NCAA
SHAPE AMERICA
NGCOA
PGA of Canada
Golf Canada
AJGA
The First Tee
U.S. Kids Golf
PGA of America Junior Golf Committee
TGA Premier Junior Golf
Golf 20/20
Jack Nicklaus
Annika Sorenstam
David Leadbetter
Aspen Institute – Project Play
Golf Channel
IAGA – International Association of Golf Administrators
REFERENCES #
Aspen Institute. Project Play Report. Sport for all play for life: A playbook to get every kid in the game. 2015. Projectplay.us
Balyi, I., Way, R., Higgs, C. (2013). Long Term Athlete Development. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
Canadian Sport for Life. Long Term Athlete Development Stages. Sport for Life 2018. Sportforlife.ca
Golf Canada in partnership with PGA of Canada. Long Term Player Development Guide. Version 2.0. 2014. Golfcanada.ca
US Lacrosse Athlete Development. Stages of Development Guide. October 2016. Uslacrosse.org/LADM
USA Hockey: American Development Model. Long Term Athlete Development Stages. 2018. Admkids.com
USA Basketball. Youth Basketball Guidelines. 2016. Youthguidelines.nba.com
United States Olympic Committee. American Development Model: Rebuilding Athletes in America. TeamUSA.org