Watson Links is proud to announce a new Strategic Alliance with Positive Athlete, a free national recognition, scholarship, and development program celebrating high school-age student-athletes for the character, leadership, resilience, service and positive impact they demonstrate beyond athletic performance.
At Watson Links, we know golf can develop much more than technical ability. Time spent on the course provides mentors with opportunities to help young people develop resilience, leadership, discipline, character and other skills that can serve them throughout their lives.
Our Strategic Alliance with Positive Athlete gives Watson Links mentors another tool to further impact the young golfers they mentor.
Positive Athlete recognizes high school-age student-athletes in grades 9–12 who give back to their communities, overcome difficult circumstances, lift up others, demonstrate resilience, lead with integrity, put others before themselves or inspire those around them.
It’s not about being the best golfer or having the lowest score. It’s an opportunity to recognize the qualities you see developing in a young person through golf and mentorship that can positively impact who they become beyond the game.
A nomination is also about much more than recognition. Nominees become eligible for national recognition and scholarship opportunities and receive free lifetime access to the Positive Athlete program and platform, connecting them with leadership and character development, career exploration, résumé-building resources and other opportunities designed to prepare them for success beyond competition.
Through this Strategic Alliance, Watson Links and Positive Athlete are helping mentors extend their impact beyond the golf course — recognizing young golfers who may otherwise go unnoticed, strengthening confidence and helping young people understand that the skills they develop through sport can transfer to future success in career and life.
Any adult age 18+ can nominate a high school-age student-athlete in grades 9–12. Nominations are free, take approximately five minutes, and there is no limit to how many deserving young people you can recognize.
2026/27 nominations open September 15 and remain open through mid-April.
https://www.positiveathlete.org/nominate
Think about the young golfers you mentor. Who deserves to have their impact recognized?
Questions related to submitting a nomination should go to: [email protected].
