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TGA Premier Youth Tennis Launches 12 New Franchises in First Three Months
4-19-2012
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) It has only been three months since TGA Premier Youth Tennis (TGA) launched its new youth sports franchise business and partnership with the USTA, and already the company has 12 new Premier Youth Tennis franchises across the country.
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TGA Partners with United States Tennis Association to Bring Tennis to More Kids
3-20-2012
The USTA has teamed with the newly launched TGA Premier Youth Tennis (TGA), an innovative, youth sports franchise firm, to help introduce tennis to kindergarten through 8th grade youth throughout the country. The partnership supports the USTA’s 10 and Under Tennis youth initiative, which is geared towards getting more kids to participate in tennis using modified equipment and courts tailored to a child’s size. The organizations have developed a model that impacts the landscape of the tennis industry and its future growth prospects.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Featured In Golfweek
2-22-2012
By Gene Yasuda - As a PGA pro, Troy Lewis always knew that growing the game was important to golf. But the notion of what's good for business took on a whole new meaning when nurturing golfers became a business he owned.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Acquired In Indianapolis
2-1-2012
Indianapolis, IN - "Off The Wall Sports" adds youth golf development program. Father and Son team, Dan and Jeff Moulton, owners of "Off The Wall Sports," a popular indoor sports facility in Carmel, Indiana, has acquired the TGA Premier Junior Golf franchise in Hamilton and Boone County, located just north of Indianapolis.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Owners Honored At National Conference
12-20-2011
Los Angeles, CA - TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school golf enrichment program in the country, honored five of its leading franchises this week by awarding the annual TGA Premier Junior Golf "5 E's for Excellence Awards".
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Acquired In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11-15-2011
Philadelphia, PA - TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school enrichment junior golf program in the country, reaches a milestone with the launch of its 50th franchise territory, located in East Montgomery County, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dustin Cottingham is the owner of the new franchise, which will impact schools and golf courses in and around East Montgomery County.
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JC Resorts Partners With TGA Premier Junior Golf To Transition Kids From Schools To Courses
10-3-2011
El Segundo, CA - In a growing effort to transition its students from schools to golf courses across the country, TGA Premier Junior Golf, the only national after school golf enrichment program in the country, announces a partnership with JC Resorts, a leading management company of premium golf and resort properties based in southern California.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Partners With Houston Area School District PE Programs
9-7-2011
Houston, TX - TGA Premier Junior Golf of North Houston and West Houston are expanding their youth enrichment programs in Houston, Texas, offering TGA programs as part of the Houston school districts physical education curriculum. The Houston-based TGA franchises, run by Julie Monzingo and David Bergeron, will begin working with area school districts, providing the unique TGA golf curriculum as part of the physical education classes in addition to afterschool enrichment programs.
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Grass Roots Junior Golf Program Hopes to Gain Attention and Involvement of College Coaches and Players
9-8-2011
Three years after playing golf at Emory University, Joshua Jacobs launched TGA Premier Junior Golf at six Los Angeles schools in the fall of 2003. It was his passion and vision to develop a program that made golf affordable and accessible, while offering college players the ability to mold lives through being coaches and mentors for students.
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TGA Featured on Entrepreneur Magazine’s List of Top 10 Franchises Under $20K
8-31-2011
Buying into a franchise has always been difficult, but the credit freeze has made it almost impossible for the average would-be small-business owner to get in the game the past three years. Without a fat savings account or 401(k) worth cashing in, the traditional first-time owner-operator who used to define the franchise world has become an endangered species.
But opportunities are still out there for franchisees, and many of them are with strong, time-tested companies. All of the franchisors on our list of $20,000-or-less startups improved their rankings on this year's Franchise 500®.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Becomes 6th Multiple Franchise Owner; Youth Sports Business Continues Growth Among Franchise Owners
8-26-2011
Orange County, CA - TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school enrichment junior golf program in the country, continues to expand its franchised territories among its owners. The latest franchise expansion, TGA of Central Orange County, comes from Anthony Leone, who has acquired his second franchise in Orange County, California.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Welcomes The New School Year At 2,400 Facilities
8-22-2011
El Segundo, CA - Summer is drawing to a close. In another week or two, students nationwide will be heading back to school. They'll be hitting the books, but students at over 2,400 schools and community-based organizations will also be learning the fundamentals of golf plus valuable life skills as part of the country's premier junior golf enrichment program.
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TGA and EWGA Promote Partnernship to Grow the Game in Fairfield County, CT
8-1-2011
An interview with Karsten Beutnagel, Owner of TGA Premier Junior Golf of Fairfield County, CT about the partnership between TGA and the EWGA and how the two organizations are working together to grow the game and get more women and children playing.
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TGA Teeing off in St. Louis, Missouri
6-24-2011
Young golfers in St. Charles County will be the beneficiaries of the desire of three golf lovers to operate a home-based business. Valeria Williams, Shirley Colvard and Ivan Mickens have launched TGA Premier Junior Golf, an after-school program teaching the fundamentals, rules, etiquette and life values of golf - as well as lessons in math, science, history and English - to kindergartners through eighth graders.
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Their business to grow game--putting their focus on juniors, two former pros are proving the Houston area is rife with opportunity for entrepreneurs
6-28-2011
Four years ago, Julie Monzingo, then an assistant golf professional at the Club at Carlton Woods, began looking into alternatives as she and her husband contemplated a family. She had been at Carlton Woods since the club opened in 2001 and liked her job, but she knew the demands of the profession might be too much as she tried to raise her young children. That's when a friend told her about a little-known enterprise called Total Golf Adventures. Based out of El Segundo, Calif., TGA Premier Junior Golf, as it is known now, is a junior golf franchise company operating in 22 states. After investigating it for more than a year and talking with the company's founder and CEO, Joshua Jacobs, Monzingo raised some capital and went into the junior golf business — literally.
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Man with a plan - Joshua Jacobs promotes the game among juniors with his innovative Total Golf Adventures
6-3-2011
Joshua Jacobs has made promoting junior golf his business. He first picked up a club at age 3, and as a youngster competed in Southern California PGA Junior Tour and American Junior Golf Association events. Later, he worked as a golf camp counselor and saw a need for overnight camps. He filed the idea away and put his days of competing aside to focus on his career after graduating from college.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Announces Partnership With Sun SafeTee
6-2-2011
El Segundo, CA - TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives committed to growing the game of golf through its nationally-based after-school golf enrichment program is partnering with Sun SafeTee® to help elevate awareness on the importance of sun protection for junior golfers. Sun SafeTee will supply TGA with key educational materials for students and their families year round. Additionally, the Sun SafeTee sun skin awareness program will be incorporated into TGA's after-school enrichment program and summer camp curriculum.
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TGA Featured on Bond's Hottest New Franchises List
5-27-2011
Founded in Los Angeles in 2003, Total Golf Adventures (TGA) is one of the fastest growing junior golf organizations in the United States. TGA initially began as a small golf enrichment program that provided children at six Los Angeles schools a chance to learn golf in a fun, safe and welcoming environment. Following an overwhelmingly positive response from schools, parents and students, TGA quickly expanded throughout the Los Angeles area, and in 2005, TGA began franchising throughout the United States. Through its mission to provide all American youth with the opportunity to learn golf in programs that instill confidence, build enriching life experiences and offer fun learning environments, TGA has introduced golf to tens of thousands of students.
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TGA ranked #9 in Franchisee Satisfaction among Child Services Franchises by the Franchise Buiness Review
5-24-2011
"Franchise Business Review is a national market research firm that performs independent research of franchisee satisfaction. The data for this report was compiled as part of our annual awards project, which recognizes the top franchise brands based on overall franchisee satisfaction. To compile the data for our awards and this report, we surveyed 10,235 franchisees - 752 from the child services sector - representing more than 300 brands."
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Acquired In Cary, North Carolina
5-4-2011
Cary, NC - After-school golf enrichment program will impact west Wake County. Paul Maskill, who spent the last four years in the finance industry after graduating from the University of Michigan, was ready for a career change and getting out of the cubicle of Corporate America. During a trip back home to Michigan, Paul read about TGA Premier Junior Golf in Entrepreneur Magazine, which recently ranked the youth development company as one of the "Top 10 Franchise Deals in the World".
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TGA Premier Junior Golf hosts "Golf Week at Galatas"
4-23-2011
For the third year in a row, TGA Premier Junior Golf, the only after school golf enrichment program in the country, is bringing the game of golf and education to the 775 students at Galatas Elementary School in The Woodlands Texas. The “Golf Week at Galatas” will take place the week of March 7-11.
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Getting Kids in the Swing
4-10-2011
Williams Bay, WI - Children at several area elementary schools are learning golf fundamentals in a fun, afterschool program called Total Golf Adventures. On a recent afternoon, students ranging in age from kindergarten to fourth-grade practiced chipping and other techniques in the gym at Williams Bay Elementary School.
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PGA Professional Jeff Sanchez Acquires TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise in Southwest San Jose California
3-30-2011
San Jose, CA - When PGA Professional Jeff Sanchez decided his lifelong dream of playing professional tournament golf had come to an end, he quickly turned his attention to his next dream in life, impacting and being a mentor to young students and growing the game that he loves. Sanchez took full advantage of what Entrepreneur Magazine calls one of the Top 10 most affordable and best franchise deals, by acquiring a new TGA Premier Junior Golf franchise in San Jose, California.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Acquired In Los Angeles By Michelle Rockholt And Mike Ward
3-24-2011
Torrance, CA - Junior golf program is truly a family business impacting the South Bay area schools. TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school enrichment junior golf program in the country, continues to expand in its home state of California with a new territory, located in Torrance. Michelle Rockholt and Mike Ward are the owners and operators of this latest franchise.
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Making Golf Elementary - TGA takes the country club out of a country club sport
3-8-2011
Eighteen months into an anything-but-sure venture, Joshua Jacobs' gut told him he was doing the right thing. "We knew we had something," Jacobs says, then adds quickly, "We were bleeding money."
That seems the epitome of crazy, but so was the concept: teaching golf to children after school, on school grounds--in the gym, in the hallway. At first, principals and other administrators didn't get it. But once they were convinced--the 60-page student handbook with math, history and English lessons helped--and allowed TGA Premier Junior Golf to offer classes, parents got it, too.
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TGA Ranked #19 in the 2011 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards by the Franchise Business Review
3-1-2011
Franchise Business Review is a national franchise market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction. The FBR 50 Awards are an annual ranking of franchise companies by their level of franchisee satisfaction. The awards are based on the research results of Franchise Business Review, a market research firm that conducts thousands of independent surveys of franchisees each year. The awards recognize the Top 50 franchise companies with the highest levels of overall franchisee satisfaction.
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PGA Professional Jeff Sampson Acquires TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise In Southern California
2-22-2011
Temecula, CA - With the golf industry and the economy struggling in recent years, golf industry veteran Jeff Sampson parted ways with his long time career as a golf course operator and teacher and acquired a new TGA Premier Junior Golf franchise in Temecula, California.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Impacting the Midwest - After School Junior Golf Enrichment Program Teaches Golf and Life Skills
2-15-2011
Like all other sports, golf in the junior sect has grown over the last decade. From recreational play to challenging junior tournaments, golf has grown into a popular choice among the youth of our nation. One of the country’s fastest impact on the Midwest. TGA Premier Junior Golf, formally Total Golf Adventures, is the only national after school golf enrichment program in the country. Since its inception in six Los Angeles schools in the fall of 2003, the TGA program is now offered nationwide in 2,200 schools
reaching over 100,000 students in kindergarten through 8th grade.
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TGA Premier Junior Golf Franchise Owners Honored At TGA National Conference
1-12-2011
TGA Premier Junior Golf, one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the only national after-school golf enrichment program in the country, recently honored four of its leading franchise operators by awarding them with the annual TGA Premier Junior Golf "5 E's for Excellence Awards". The awards were given at the TGA National Conference recently held in Phoenix, Arizona.
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