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Golf

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Season: Fall
Resources: Coaching Guide, Sport Rules, Rules Updates, Home Training Guide and a Quick Start Guide

Like most golfers, Special Olympics athletes are driven by the opportunity to compete. The golf program is designed to develop individual golf skills that enhance performance, allowing the athlete to achieve success in playing the game. Both on the practice area and on the course, Special Olympics athletes participating in golf have gained the respect of their golf peers.

The Special Olympics Virginia golf program is centered on two educational phases that encompass all skill levels, from learning to swing a golf club to learning how to play the game. Athletes may participate in skills, 9-hole stroke play or 18-hole stroke play.

Special Olympics golf includes five levels of competition. Individual Skills Competition (Level 1) provides a meaningful competition for athletes of lower ability, allowing them to train and compete in basic golf skills. In order for athletes to advance to Levels 2-5, they must achieve a total of 60 points on the Individual Skills Test.

Events:
  • Level 1 – Individual Skills Competition
  • Level 2 – Alternate Shot Team Play Competition (9 hole)
  • Level 3 – Unified Sports® Team Play (18 hole) [Use Form 1 Scoring]
  • Level 4 – Individual Stroke Play Competition (9 hole)
  • Level 5 – Individual Stoke Play Competition (18 hole

For details on other sports, please see our sports listing page.

Interested in playing golf with our athletes?  Special Olympics Unified Sports® combines people with and without intellectual disabilities on sports teams. For more information, visit our Unified Sports® page.