The Gongaware Junior Golf Academy was built to provide a first class teaching facility for junior golfers throughout Indiana and the Midwest. The goal of the facility is to host week-long camps for aspiring junior golfers, and then point these juniors to PGA Professionals in their communities who can further hone their golf skills.

The Academy offers instruction from PGA and LPGA Professionals, led by Director Roger Lundy, with additional assistance from collegiate golfers and students participating in the PGA's Professional Golf Management Schools. Academy instructors teach according to the skill level of each student while maintaining a 3-1 student to teacher ratio for full swing instruction and a 4-1 ratio for short game instruction. All students are instructed, play and compete within their own level of play.

The Academy, which was completed in June 2001 and was added to our existing facility in Franklin, houses 48 juniors and 8 counselors. The Academy provides campers with an indoor instruction area, a cafeteria/recreation room, access to an 18-hole short course and a 27-hole championship course, a short-game practice area, and a 10-acre practice facility.

Some juniors who attend the Academy are "at-risk" kids on scholarship who would otherwise not have the opportunity to benefit from the game of golf. For more information on our scholarship programs, call the Indiana Golf Foundation at 800.779.7271 ext. 224.