On the occasion of the start of the new school year, the spotlight is on “MY GOLF CARNET”, a multidisciplinary educational program which allows 30 CM000 and CM1 students to discover golf and… the Ryder Cup.

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This famous team competition (Match Europe - United States), ranked 3rd in the ranking of the most publicized sporting events on the planet behind the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, landed in France in September 2018. In one year!

The contents of the notebook

Composed of a teacher's booklet and a student's notebook, easy to use and fun, My notebook is intended for all teachers who wish to propose a class project centered on a major international sporting event. Far from preconceived ideas, golf is a great educational tool, with original scenarios offered to students, which arouse their curiosity and arouse their desire to go further in learning.

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, the origin of the notebook

In 2013, the Agglomeration Community of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, host territory of the Ryder Cup (the event will be played at the Golf National located in the town of Guyancourt), the French Golf Federation and the Departmental Services Directorate of the National Education of Yvelines, are developing an educational project around golf. The latter, which is the subject of a tripartite agreement, is reflected in various actions, including the creation of “My golf notebook”.

2016, the notebook is exported

Building on the success of the program in Saint Quentin en Yvelines (128 classes, distributed in 57 schools), the French Golf Federation has decided to launch a larger distribution as of the start of the 2016 school year. More than 500 classes have adopted "My golf notebook During the last school year. In total, more than 10 notebooks were distributed throughout France.

The legacy of the Ryder Cup, a priority for ffgolf

For the French Golf Federation, a successful candidate for hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup (it won the call for applications in 2011), this system is at the heart of its strategy.

By hosting the famous Europe - United States match, the leaders of the ffgolf have one supreme ambition: to develop the practice of the discipline. The inclusion of golf in schools, added to a development plan for 100 small local courses (cheaper and close to towns) constitute two of its main assets.