GEN NEXT
A Youth Mental Fitness Program: Connecting Golf to Life.
Change Your Course
Change Your Course, by the Generation Next Project, is an experiential learning program teaching teens how to perform and thrive, in any life situation, through the game of golf.
Our goal is to provide teens with fresh, new ways to navigate life and the challenges that come with it.
‘Change Your Course’ Overview
Started by the great-grandson of Bobby Jones, Generation Next Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth and enhancing their mental wellness. Its signature program, Change Your Course, leverages golf to teach mental resilience, decision-making, and life skills. By simulating mental challenges on the course, the program helps participants develop resilience and intentional thinking disciplines. Then, we highlight where those same mental challenges arise in everyday life and how the skills gained from our program can help them overcome them.
The Experience
Guided Retreats: An immersive, hands-on instructional program delivered on the course in a structured and experiential format.
Focused Scenarios: We carefully select golf scenarios that trigger mental and emotional responses, drawing direct parallels to similar situations in everyday life.
Mental Wellness Foundation: The program is built on mental health principles, aimed at equipping young individuals with essential skills for handling a variety of life's challenges.
Skill Development: We focus on cultivating "intentional thinking" and self-assessment skills to enhance decision-making and overall performance, both on the golf course and in daily life.
Change Your Course App: Participants of the program are provided access to our application that provides more information, tips on golf and life mental conditioning, peer-to-peer engagement, awards/ badges, live stream interviews, and more!
1/6
Children face mental health challenges in their lives*
4.1M
Adolescents aged 12 to 17 have a major depressive disorder*
500%
More youth face mental health challenges today compared to youth in the 1980’s.
“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots, but you have to play the ball as it lies.”
— Bobby Jones
We Believe Golf Mirrors Life
Our program was created from words of Bobby Jones, the great-grandfather of our founder. Golf often triggers problematic mental and emotional responses. Responses that mirror real-life challenges.
‘Change Your Course' connects these golf scenarios to real-life situations, equipping participants with tools to effectively navigate both.
Bring ‘Change Your Course’ to You
We are excited to offer our Change Your Course program at your club, school, or academy with our 1 Day and 2 Day programs. If you are interested in learning more, simply fill out this form and we will be in touch within 24 hours.
Insights From Our Founder
What is Change Your Course?
Learn to breakthrough the negative talk.
Recognizing our problems are primitive safety mechanisms.