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HELPING OUR PATRIOTS EVERYWHERE!

PGA HOPE Carolinas (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is an adaptive golf program offered by our PGA Professionals as a rehabilitation tool to improve our Veterans’ quality of life by enhancing their mental, social, physical, and emotional well-being. There is NO COST to our Veterans. We serve our Veterans at twenty-eight locations in North and South Carolina with an emphasis on helping those with physical and emotional disabilities that would most benefit from our initiatives.

 

Additional Military Opportunities

Folds of Honor, a non-profit foundation that provides academic scholarships to families of fallen or disabled military service members and first responders, has partnered with PGA REACH to positively impact the lives of the families of Veterans and first responders through the game of golf. In partnership with PGA Professionals across the Carolinas Section, we are excited to help raise awareness and funds to support the lives of our nation’s heroes and their families. Learn more about how you can make a difference this Memorial Day Weekend by clicking the link below!

Register for Patriot Golf Days!

If you are a PGA Professional looking to get your facility involved in Patriot Golf Days, there are many ways for you and your club to raise life-changing educational funds. They include:

100 percent of funds donated locally stays in the community where it was raised and 91 cents of every dollar goes directly to scholarships. Additionally, funds raised through the Carolinas Section from Memorial Day Weekend 2025 will be matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $11,000) by PGA REACH and will support our sections PGA HOPE programs!

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Questions? Please contact PGA REACH Carolinas Coordinator, Mia Hayasaki, at (336) 398-2673 or mhayasaki@pgahq.com.

Through Sets Fore Vets, your unused or gently used set of clubs can be put directly into the hands of a Veteran learning the game of golf or continuing on their golf journey. The program is designed to help provide golf clubs and bags to the people who have put their lives on the line for our country. Our foundation and professionals are proud to support the Veteran community across the Carolinas.

 

Donation Overview

New or gently used golf equipment or golf bags WILL BE ACCEPTED. Bundled golf equipment is strongly preferred:

        • Full or Complete collection of (14) clubs with golf bag
        • Individual golf bag
        • Set of fairway woods
        • Set of irons
        • Set of wedges
        • Individual driver
        • Individual putter

 

PGA Reach Carolinas is a 501 (C) (3) charity, and all donations are tax deductible.
If you have interest in donating, please contact Dan O’Boyle, PGA at (252) 261-2158 or danoboylepga@gmail.com

 

The Impact of Sets Fore Vets: 

“It is with great excitement that I wanted to take a moment to really express how grateful and than

kful I am for all that you and your instructors have done during our PGA Hope Class. You completely caught me by surprise with the generous gift of my very 1st set of golf clubs ever! I was totally blown away, and I am so lucky to have been able to complete the program at your course!

With today being Thursday, it hit me, what’s the next best place to go from here? I want to make sure I put those clubs to good use, now that I feel confident walking onto the course”

– Vielen Dank, PGA HOPE Kiawah Island Graduate and Recipient of Sets Fore Vets

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The Military and Veterans Law Clinic primarily serves low income former servicemembers who are currently precluded from receiving Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and disability benefits because of their discharge status. Students represent clients before military administrative boards and the VA. Students may also serve as expert veterans benefits consultants for active duty military defense counsel.

For more information, please contact Clinical Associate Professor of Law, and Director of the Military and Veterans Law Clinic, John W. Brooker @ (919) 962-2888 or jbrooker@email.unc.edu

Are you a PGA HOPE Graduate looking for employment within the golf industry? Look no further than VetWORKS, an initiative of the PGA REACH Carolinas Foundation that helps pair military veterans with employment opportunities at Carolinas Section golf courses. This initiative began in 2022 and has matched a number of PGA HOPE Graduates with part-time or full-time positions.

If you are a PGA HOPE Graduate and interested in possible employment at a local golf course, please contact PGA REACH Carolinas Coordinator, Mia Hayasaki, at (336) 398-2673 or mhayasaki@pgahq.com.

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Fairways for Warriors is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving combat-wounded veterans and their families by helping them heal through golf. Focused on physical, emotional, and spiritual rehabilitation, Fairways for Warriors provides golf instruction, equipment, and a supportive community for those who have sacrificed so much. In partnership with PGA Professionals across the Carolinas Section, we are proud to spotlight programs like this that use the game of golf as a tool for recovery and connection.

Fairways for Warriors has locations in the Sandhills (Fort Bragg & Pinehurst), Coastal (Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune and Wilmington) and the GrandStand, SC.

Click here to learn more!

Meet our PGA HOPE Carolinas Ambassadors

Alex Venker

US Army

Chris Aranda

US Army

Colton Hensley

US Army

Harold Hill

US Coast Gaurd

PGA HOPE at the 2025 PGA Championship

At the 2025 PGA Championship, our Carolinas PGA HOPE Ambassadors and two PGA HOPE Leads and military veterans gathered to represent PGA HOPE and celebrate the 2025 PGA Champ and World #1, Scottie Scheffler!

Recent News

PGA REACH Carolinas Hosts 8th Annual PGA HOPE Cup at Kiawah Island

PGA REACH Carolinas Hosts 8th Annual PGA HOPE Cup at Kiawah Island

November 11, 2025

Kiawah Island, SC – PGA REACH Carolinas proudly hosted its 8th Annual PGA HOPE Carolinas Cup presented by TD Bank on Monday, November 10th, at

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“Top of the Mountain”: Chris Aranda Reflects on PGA HOPE National Golf & Wellness Week

“Top of the Mountain”: Chris Aranda Reflects on PGA HOPE National Golf & Wellness Week

October 20, 2025

Bethesda, MD – After being selected earlier this year as a PGA HOPE Carolinas Ambassador, Sergeant First Class (Ret.) Chris Aranda of Myrtle

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A Century of Inspiration: Carl Hallberg’s PGA HOPE Journey

A Century of Inspiration: Carl Hallberg’s PGA HOPE Journey

September 25, 2025

Myrtle Beach, SC – Carl Hallberg first learned about PGA HOPE during a routine appointment at the VA, where the program was introduced to him as

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For more information regarding PGA HOPE Carolinas, please contact PGA REACH Carolinas Coordinator Mia Hayasaki at mhayasaki@pgahq.com or at (336)398-2848.