WELCOME TO GENERATION NEXT PROJECT
Founded by Robert Jones Black, great-grandson of Bobby Jones, Generation Next Project exists to strengthen the mental and emotional development of young people by using golf as a platform for experiential learning and community impact. Through Change Your Course and complementary investment strategies that expand access to mental health tools and education, we equip individuals and communities to navigate pressure, uncertainty, expectations, and adversity both on the course and in 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.
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!
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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.
why golf"?
Golf uniquely exposes the mental and emotional challenges young people face in everyday life. Pressure, self doubt, fear of judgment, risk and reward decisions, and managing success and failure all show up naturally during a round. These same responses exist in school, relationships, and life.
Golf allows us to teach these lessons in real time, through experience, rather than lectures.
Nearly 100 years ago, Bobby Jones recognized that golf was more than a physical game and understood its powerful connection to how individuals think, react, and carry themselves through life. His perspective was ahead of its time, and today his insights resonate even more clearly, as young people learn that the mental discipline required on the course directly mirrors the skills needed to navigate pressure, uncertainty, and expectations in the modern world.
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.
