Golf Lessons & Coaching
for Kids in Orlando, Florida
Welcome! Little Linksters is a national award-winning nonprofit organization offering accessibility to the game of golf for children ages 3 to 18 in Central Florida. A wide variety of programs include lessons and clinics at local golf courses, schools and community centers. For more experienced players, tournaments and competitive scheduling through our partners at The Junior Tour, LLC offer opportunities to test skills. Or, become part of a team with our PGA Junior League Program. No experience or golf equipment is required.
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“The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation is proud to support your initiatives of expanding the accessibility of youth golf through the sponsorship of your Little Linksters GOALS program. The Foundation was founded in part to support Special Needs Youth and Junior Golf, and your organization is playing a key role in unifying the game of golf for these special young athletes. Thank you for investing in the educational, social and athletic pursuits of these special kids and growing the game through inclusion and education.”
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Helping Little Linksters Continue to Provide Opportunities to Kids ⛳ - mailchi.mp/littlelinksters/linkstersacademy_newsletter_earlyfall-11466072
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Today at my lesson with big A (in picture below) I remembered something very important. This week marks the start of my 14th year as a PGA of America Professional, and my 27th year both in the business and in Central Florida. Just like the game itself, there have been plenty of highs and a handful of lows, but overall, the journey has been amazing! That’s what I try to get my students to remember…enjoy the journey as a whole! To do so means accepting the good and the bad both.
I was an outside services/cart barn worker and the locker room manager at Interlachen Country Club, a beautiful, high end private facility in Winter Park, FL. I was an Assistant Professional and then Head Professional/GM at the Winter Park Golf Course, which today is one of the best municipal 9 hole courses in the country. I was a golf college instructor at both the Professional Golfers Career College and the Golf Academy of America- Orlando where I taught Golf Psychology, Golf Course Maintenance, Tournament Operations, Golf Shop Operations, Career Development and more. At the GAA, I was also the Director of Career Development. I was a high school coach at Bishop Moore Catholic High School. I’m a podcaster with GolfTalk Live, and a freelance writer for Golf Range Magazine and PGA.com. And since 2008, and on through to today, where my true passion lies, a youth golf coach through the Little Linksters Golf Academy, our Little Linksters nonprofit organization and Brendon Elliott Golf.
Over the years, I’ve been blessed by the opportunity of meeting countless people that play and love the game as well as countless amazing individuals that work in all facets of the business.
As I said, plenty of amazing highs and some pretty heart wrenching lows sprinkled in there to keep me honest and hungry. That’s golf though…plenty of highs and lows, and whoever manages everything the best, is the one who comes out on top…always.
Grateful for the 1,000’s of kids I’ve crossed paths with because of the game, some of whom have kids of their own now. Grateful for the 100’s and 100’s of folks I’ve met through having the opportunity to teach them all about this industry. Grateful for the fellow PGA members I’ve come to know over the years and those I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Grateful for those PGA members I got to know while serving the chairs during my various tenures with the NFPGA East Central Chapter and North Florida PGA Section, as well as the various Chapter, Section, and National committees I’ve served on. Far too many folks to list.
Greatful for my current Little Linksters coaches, Jordan Lashoones, Ricky Collado, Kevin O'Brien, Nick Kinn, and our newest, Lara van Staden and Nina Thauer. Not to forget about all the past coaches that have worked with us! Oh, and my youth coaches and volunteers too…many of whom are current or past students!
Greatful to my parents, Peggy and Gary Elliott who allowed me early in life to pursue this passion for the game…and my brother and sister too. Especially my brother Graham who has been a motivator in his own unique way! He too worked in this business for many years as a writer…that was until elementary teaching became his passion. He still loves this game…kinda hard not to after that bug first bites you.
Grateful for my wife of 22 years, Melisa B. Elliott and our kids, for putting up with a husband and dad that makes a living at a “stupid game” 🤣 You guys have been some of my biggest motivators over the years…thank you ❤️
Through all the ups and downs, it’s been a great journey so far…I’m looking forward to many more adventures in the years ahead!
Definitely one great pro and one of my favorite instructors. Thanks for all you do
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Junior Golf Check out our 2022-2023 offerings! Learn more about our program! Little Links founder, Brendon Elliot – 2017 PGA Youth Player Development Award!Little Linksters Golf Academy News, Early Fall 2022 ⛳ - mailchi.mp/littlelinksters/linkstersacademy_newsletter_earlyfall
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One thing I have learned over the years, and most notably, over the last few, is you can never rest on your laurels. The world always finds a way of challenging you, especially when you achieve more and more professionally. You just never know when things will change. With that said, it is important to try and stay educated, and look to try and get better at your craft, always and forever. Never think you know enough, because that keeps you stagnant.
I am very far from the success I want to be. I have been beat down quite a bit in my career and I, like many, struggle with my own challenges every day. I think many do, but in the race to present ourselves as someone who is flawless, on social media especially, we create an unattainable reality for ourselves. I think those that keep it real are having to deal with far less demons than the rest. And we all have something we are dealing with.
I don't know what the secret recipe is to ultimate success but I think it may include some of the following ingredients...
*Continue to educate yourself and never think you know enough
*Don't strive for perfection, but give it all you are able to
*Many will try to bring you down, don't let others define your happiness
*Be grateful for what you have and not envious of what you don't
*Deal with your problems, whatever they may be
*Be happy because life is far too short to do otherwise
*Love those that love you back
*Find joy in something outside of what you do for a living
*If people don't respect what you do for them, rethink those relationships
*Indeed be proud of all your accomplishments...nobody can ever take those away from you
*Help others
*Be kind
I am a work in progress that has many of the above to continue to remember and work on...
#happiness #success #love #grateful #respect
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Its time for our "Cool Season" PGA Jr. League ⛳️
We are switching to a monthly payment structure...only $85 a month! The Fall/Winter Season at Wekiva Golf Club and RedTail Golf Club will run from October 15th - April 15th. Wekiva will practice on Saturday's from 1:00-3:00 and Redtail will be on Sunday's from 3:00-5:00...
