You may notice smaller golfers on the course Tuesday.
Kids line up to fill their bags with Greebrier souvenirs and Ralph Lauren apparel.
Some of the kids are already trying their hand at golf through the First Tee programs in the Roanoke Valley and West Virginia.
While others are experiencing golf for the first time ever Tuesday by just watching professionals demonstrate on Youth Day.
Jennifer Blackwood with Roanoke’s First Tee program says it's great for her students to see the real deal.
“The fact that this tournament is only an hour and a half from home really makes it accessible to our families and our community,” explained Jennifer Blackwood, Executive Director of Roanoke’s First Tee.
One of her students, Drew Board, is competing Tuesday for $10,000 to go to the Roanoke’s First Tee chapter.
“It's awesome all the things this organization has done for me and you know playing out here with the pros is just awesome,” said Board.
The First Tee of the Roanoke Valley had some extra tickets for Youth Day, so they called up Roanoke’s Good Guides mentoring program and asked if they would like to drive up for the day.
“I think what they can learn being here just a different exposure, seeing there's other things out there beyond Roanoke City walls and the streets of Roanoke City,” said Good Guides’ Program Manager, Keith Robinson.
Mentee Narik Page watches the pros put, hoping to add to what he learned one time from an instructor.
“I was like bad at first and then he showed me how to do it, he says it's not about the power you just got to do it with balance and stuff,” Page said.
Narik has only picked up a club once, but this environment could guarantee he will tee off again.
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