See every player's progress
Each child gets their own profile — level, points, and the Play, Train & Learn tools that guide them through the curriculum.
The only junior program in golf designed to take a kid from never playing all the way to shooting par from the full tee box. Weekly classes. Six levels. A real long-term path through the game.
Op 36 is the only junior program built on a true development model: a framework that organizes every skill a kid needs to learn and sets a clear goal for improvement at every step. Think of it like a school system, with six levels like grades, twelve skill subjects, and real play on the golf course on a consistent basis. No other junior program in the world offers that.
We love every sport kids play. But most of them end at 18, and that's when golf is just getting started. It builds the same mental, social, and emotional muscles, then keeps paying them out for the next 60 years.
| Golf | Most youth sports | |
|---|---|---|
| Play your whole life | age 7 to 70 | usually ends at 18 |
| Everyone plays, all the time | no bench, no cuts | playing time varies |
| Every shot is your own | even on a team, you hit your own shots to contribute | individual effort blends into the team |
| Play with your parents | same course, same round | cheering from the sideline |
| Easy on growing bodies | low-impact, no contact | collisions and overuse injuries |
| Built to avoid burnout | self-paced levels, no tryouts | year-round pressure |
A clinic teaches a skill once. A development model keeps going for years, week after week, level after level. Here's the rhythm.
Same coach. Same crew. Same time every week. Classes teach 12 skill subjects, like subjects in school, and every class builds on the last. A junior isn't showing up to a one-off camp. They're enrolled in a program.
Explore the 12-skill curriculum
No six months on a driving range. Juniors play real 9-hole rounds from 25 yards in their first month, and the course grows longer with every level-up. No other junior program in the world has kids playing real golf this fast.
See the full Op 36 model
Every junior gets their own profile that tracks progress on both learning and playing — with points, badges, and level-ups they see every single class, plus tools that guide their practice when they're not in class. They make friends with other juniors at their level, and every round is a rep at setting a goal, falling short, and trying again. That's where the social-emotional skills come from.
Parents manage it all in one place — every kid's progress, the class calendar, program sign-ups, and messages straight from your coach.
Each child gets their own profile — level, points, and the Play, Train & Learn tools that guide them through the curriculum.
Every class and 9-hole event on one family calendar — and sign up for new programs right from your phone.
Coach announcements and updates come right to the app, so you never miss a class change or a new season.
You wouldn't expect a kid to finish school and pick a career in twelve months. Golf works the same way. The Op 36 development model, the first in golf to map skill development to age, lays out five tracks, one for every goal: from falling in love with the game to competing for a college roster. Pick a track and watch the journey play out.
Recreational Track · projected 10–20 handicap at 18
Individual rounds, team events, Drive, Chip & Putt. Golf becomes their sport.
The track follows your kid's interest: they pick the goal, and the program meets them there. And we keep analyzing real progression data, measuring what improvement takes and refining the model over time.
Tracks are illustrative projections based on Op 36 progression data. Kids switch tracks all the time. The point is there's a path for every goal.
These are real Op 36 juniors, stats straight from the app: different ages, different levels, all on the same long-term path.
“My daughter Sierra Mei has been a part of Operation 36 for almost two and a half years, and she loves it. She is a Level 6 now and playing from the red and white tees like a champ. If it wasn't for Operation 36 this gal wouldn't love the game of golf as much as she does!”
“Operation 36 is AMAZING! It provides a wonderful balance of learning key skills and putting it to use on the course. We appreciate the program. You and your coaches make it a spectacular experience for the kiddos.”
Op 36 isn't a drop-off program. Parents learn in the same six-level model as their kid, so you play real rounds side by side, from whatever tee matches your level. Golf becomes the thing your family does together for the next 30 years.
