More children hit the links.

According to the National Golf Foundation, 3.7 million young people aged 6 to 17 played golf on a course in 2024, an increase of almost 50 percent from five years earlier.

One of the great times, Annika Sörenstam, is behind a new effort to help even more young people play the sport. Sörenstam has collaborated with Bank of America on an initiative called “Golf with Us.”

“This initiative is close to my heart because it is a way to help grow golf games, and we will do that by giving young children the opportunity to make golf more affordable. So by signing up and getting (things) …. An annual membership you get a chance to play at thousands of courses for five dollars or less.

And Sörenstam says that golf is not just about competing on the course. “If you are a golfer, you need as much patience and as you know when you’re out in the world or just life in general, patience is really important,” she says.

Sörenstam also points to discipline, focus and determination, qualities she says are needed both in golf and in life outside the sport.

More information about “Golf With Us” is available at bofa.com/golfwithhus.