Play Through Capital Campaign.

Opening doors through golf.

Golf teaches healthy habits and the skills to navigate challenges, allowing anyone to play through life. The Play Through Capital Campaign is a partnership between PGA REACH Gateway and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) to give kids access to golf and other valuable learning opportunities. And you might be surprised where they take it.

Why Golf?

A Key Piece to Revitalizing North St. Louis.

The Play Through Capital Campaign will build a Youth & Community Center across the street from the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club on the site of the Carter Carburetor factory.

After a seven-year remediation process through the U.S. EPA, the 14-acre site is primed and ready to renew the optimism and prosperity in a neighborhood hungry for both.

Adding this new greenspace to JeffVanderLou will introduce the community to a lifelong sport that keeps people physically active, mentally sharp, and socially engaged. Factor in that golf is one of the Top 10 industries in Missouri, you quickly realize the vast employment opportunities in Food & Beverage, Agriculture, Resorts & Hospitality, Course Management, Tourism, and other pursuits that exist beyond playing professionally on the PGA or LPGA Tour.
See What's In Store

“It’s a game they can play the rest of their lives. It’s a game that is going to give them purpose.”

—Ozzie Smith

Imagining What’s Possible. Delivering More.

An ambitious project like this comes with an ambitious price tag. The Play Through Capital Campaign needs your help raising $13 million to make this a reality. Once completed, the facility will be owned and operated by BGCSTL while local PGA Coaches will provide instruction year-round.

Also part of the project: a Multi-Purpose Field, Batting Cages, Walking & Workout Trail, Frisbee Golf Course, a community garden and indoor spaces dedicated to STEM education. Collectively, the project will bring greater access to the game while complementing existing BGCSTL programs by expanding opportunities for even more people in the community to learn and play.

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Meet Our Key Players.

The Play Through Capital Campaign team includes St. Louis Baseball Hall of Famer and avid golfer Ozzie Smith as Honorary Chair. Co-Chairs include Flint Fowler, David Jolley, Sue Rector, and Ali Jean Wells representing BGCSTL and PGA REACH Gateway. Collectively, this team of powerhouses has an accomplished track record of getting things done.

Ozzie

Smith

St. Louis Cardinal Great
Baseball Hall of Famer
Honorary Chair

Ali Jean

Wells

PGA REACH Gateway
Co-Chair

Flint

Fowler

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
Co-Chair

Sue

Rector

PGA REACH Gateway
Co-Chair

David

Jolley

PGA REACH Gateway
Co-Chair