FedEx St. Jude Championship looking to grow the game in Memphis [Video]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – An organization is giving college students opportunities they have never had before, and they all start on the golf course.

Fairways to Leadership is a non-profit organization partnering with the FedEx St. Jude Championship bringing leadership and networking benefits of golf to underrepresented communities.

Dylan Gladney is the Executive Director of Fairways to Leadership and said all they want to do is provide those underprivileged families with opportunities.

“Oftentimes, our students who are in college miss out on what it means to be a leader and golf is just the tool, vehicle,” Gladney said.

During the six-week course, students from the University of Memphis learn the fundamentals of the game at TPC Southwind, getting the opportunity at the end to play the championship course.

“There are various leadership traits that help them understand what it means to be a leader, every day we are challenging them, we have executive forums, …