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Their tool: the . Jim Hack, Jeff Kipi and Dane Wren have launche d theLake Mary-based residential training and academic program for juniord golfers in hopes of tappin into the international junior golf The academy has one more hurdlw to jump: It needs a permanentf home. Kipi says that now the grouop has inked a contract topurchas . Financial details have not been However, the deal is scheduled to closein "We're in the due-diligence phase now," says "We have a contract. We're just waiting for it to be Representatives for Timacuanowners Bluffton, S.C.-based Scratch Golf Co. and its parent company, the United Co.
, decline comment for this While much of the rest of the golf industruy has been struggling inrecent years, the juniorf golf market has been a brighr spot. Of 36 million golfers participating in the sportt across the United Statesin 2002, some 6.1 milliob were ages 5 to 17. That's a more than 52 percent increasdesince 2000. The global market is equallh impressive, says Kipi. "There are 2.7 million juniorf golfers in the world," he "That's kids who belong to a golf club somewhere, have taken a lesson and played ina tournament.
" Jennifef Amos, a spokeswoman with the National Golf credits the growth of yountg golfers to the explosivde number of junior golf program that have popped on the ., a national database of junio golf programs, currently lists more than 2000 such Jessica Turnwald, a fellowship coordinator for the Unitecd States Golf Association Foundation, also attributes the growty to what many have dubbed the Tigert Woods phenomenon. "Golf is becoming cool," explains Turnwald. "So, more resource and dedicated initiatives have been developed to help make the game more affordabl e and more accessibleto kids.
" Even so, there is a dearthj of programs combing academic and golf training. Take the top three golf academiesa in theUnited States: the International Juniorr Golf Academy in Hiltonm Head, S.C., the Arnol d Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook in Tampa and the Davisd Ledbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton. "There are so many othere things that go into thegame now, and an academyu can provide the whole gambiy of experiences," says Steven executive director of the America n Junior Golf Association. However, when Hack went searching for a residentiakl golf and academic trainingh program for his son that focused solely on he cameup short.
The says Hack, is that these academied offer more thanjust golf. Take the Davidr Ledbetter Golf Academy.
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