Growing the Future of Golf Through STEM Education SiteOne Landscape Supply teamed up with Detroit based non-profit to provide hands-on industry experience to build their own courses
mission to include invaluable STEM lessons applicable to the sport. “Detroit metropolitan area schools don’t offer golf course or agriculture science programs like they did years ago,” said Dawn Hicks, SiteOne® Landscape Supply is proud
based in Detroit, Michigan and the
to team up with Detroit-based non-
African American Golfers’ Hall of
profit, Hollywood Golf Institute, to
Fame “West Palm Beach.” In 2021,
positively impact the lives of nearly
Johnson expanded Hollywood Golf’s
Detroit area business manager (southeastern Michigan) at SiteOne. “So after speaking with Selina and hearing her vision for the project, we
30 students as they learn important STEM lessons related to golf course design. The students began their project work in January 2022 and put the final touches on their greens on May 14, 2022.Founded by Selina Johnson, Hollywood Golf Institute’s mission is to teach children the fundamentals of the game. Johnson’s extensive industry experience has earned her prestigious awards, including the first African American woman to receive the prestigious Card Walker Award for outstanding contributions to junior golf. She’s also been awarded the first International Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame 56
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