Hyland Greens BAA Golf Program Overview
The Bloomington Athletic Association delivers fun, affordable, and safe youth sports experiences fueled by our passionate volunteers. Our golf program allows kids ages eight and above to develop golf etiquette and rules of play and strengthen motor skills, all while having fun in a family-friendly atmosphere. Join us in refining golfers’ skills for the future!
The Hyland program involves your youth playing with other youths for nine holes per week on a par 3 course (shorter course) at 8:00 a.m. (up to 9:30 a.m.) Monday mornings for nine weeks. The last week is a no-stress, fun tournament with prizes. Lessons are not included (see below).
Volunteers
For Hyland, each tee time of youth will need to be accompanied by one adult for the round, which means if you have a child in the program, you will have to have an adult (can be grandparents or other friends of the family) available approximately once every three weeks. The adult will provide help for the kids regarding safety, scoring, and pace of play. The adult will NOT oversee their player’s group. This is easy to do and doesn’t require golf knowledge. A round will take approximately 2 hours. It usually gets shorter as the players gain experience during the season.
Hyland Greens Golf
| Age Group | Youth ages 8 to 18 (including graduating seniors from high school). |
| Experience | Some golf knowledge and experience are required but at a lower level than what is expected for the BAA Dwan Golf program. *After each hole, be able to provide the adult with an accurate score. *Take guidance from the adult scorekeeper. Youths are not allowed to play with the scorekeeper associated with them *Treating everyone else on the course with courtesy and respect. *Treating the course with respect. *Make sure members of your group & others on the course are not in danger when swinging a golf club or hitting a golf ball, etc. |
| Program Qualifications | Along with a level of maturity, each player has to be able to keep up with the group in front of them, which the adult will help with. It is important to always be ready to hit your shot when it’s your turn. |
| Where | Hyland Greens Golf Course – 10100 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55431 |
| When | Mondays - June 9th through August 4th arrive at 7:45 am each Monday. |
| Equipment | Youth athletes must have their own clubs, golf bag, tees, balls & ball mark repair tools. Clubs should fit the athlete. Required clubs are a putter and set of irons. A 1 or 3 wood is also good to have on the course. |
| Registration / Fees | $155.00 |
- Older, more experienced golfers are welcome.
- There will be an informational meeting before the start of the season.
- Hyland is a true par 3 course, which is a better choice for kids with minimal experience/skill.
- Since no lessons are included, learning outside of BAA is highly recommended, as playing golf with minimal training or experience can be a frustrating experience.
- Some great lessons at Hyland starting in May through threeriversparks.org will be available starting March 4th. Sign up early before they fill up. There are 5 sessions and they will be completed prior to the start of the BAA program.
- Golfing with virtually no skills can be very frustrating, so I highly recommend some training for those with minimal ability. Besides the Hyland lessons noted, there are many other options for development: First Tee, Golf Track Academy, Winter simulator lessons. Going to the range in the spring, Golf Zone, Braemar Golf Dome, MN Valley CC has a Junior training program, and Top golf can be fun for the whole family. Can buy putting and chipping aides for indoors and out. Check out mngolf.org/youthoncourse for golfing deals for youth.
BAA Dwan Golf Program Overview
The Bloomington Athletic Association delivers fun, affordable, and safe youth sports experiences fueled by our passionate volunteers. Our Dwan golf program will help kids develop the maturity to act responsibly, independently, have the opportunity to develop golf etiquette and rules of play and strengthen their motor skills, all while having fun in a family-friendly atmosphere.
Join us in refining golfers’ skills for the future!
The Dwan program involves your child playing with other children for nine holes per week on a longer course (par 34 for nine holes) for 7 Sunday evenings, with the last week being a no-stress, fun, tournament with prizes and a dinner. Lessons are not included (see below).
Volunteers
For our Dwan golf program, Joel will assign the parents of current players to be scorekeepers for the end-of-season tournament. Contact Joel if you have questions about how this works.
Dwan Golf
Age Group Youth ages 8 to 18 (including graduating seniors from high school). Players have to be mature enough to do what is right on the course without supervision. Golf knowledge and maturity is the determining factor, not age.
Experience The Player has to be mature enough to do what is right on the course without supervision. Right means:
*Keeping an accurate score
*Keeping up with the group in front of you
*Treating everyone else on the course with courtesy and respect
*Treating the course nicely
*Make sure members of your group & others on the course are not in danger when swinging a golf club or hitting a golf ball, etc.
Program Qualifications Along with maturity, each player has to be able to keep up with the group in front of them. On a longer course like Dwan, this would typically mean being able to score in the low 60s or better from the Back Tees at Hyland. A score in that range isn’t mandatory, but it would help make sure things run smoothly on the course. It is also important to always be ready to hit your shot when it’s your turn.
Where Dwan Golf Course - 3301 W 110th St, Bloomington, MN 55431
When Seven Seven Sundays July 13th through August 24th arrive at 4:45 pm each Sunday.
Equipment *Youth athletes must have their own clubs, golf bags, tees, balls & ball mark repair tools.
*Clubs should fit the athlete. Required clubs are a putter and a set of irons. A 1 or 3 wood is also good to have on the course.
Registration / Fees $200.00
- There will be an informational meeting before the start of the season.
- We must have foursomes for each tee time we reserve. This means the total number of registrations we accept this year could be limited, so please register today!
- We have access to Hyland play this year on Monday mornings. Hyland is a true par 3 course, which is a better choice for kids with minimal experience/skill or maturity.
- Lessons and further learning are always helpful. There will be Hyland lessons available starting in May, with sign-ups starting March 4th (threeriversparks.org). There are many other options for development: First Tee, Golf Track Academy, and Winter simulator lessons. Going to the range in the spring, Golf Zone, Braemar Golf Dome, MN Valley CC has a Junior training program, and Top golf can be fun for the whole family. Can buy putting and chipping aides for indoors and out. Check out mngolf.org/youthoncourse for golfing deals for youth.
BAA Golf Contacts |
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| Golf Commissioner | Joel Nathe | golf@baaonline.org | |
| Administration | Stephanie Nicholson | admin@baaonline.org | 952.222.5162 |
