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Grand Prairie to host Texas Adaptive Golf Championship, offers free adaptive golf clinics at Prairie Lakes
Summary
The Texas Golf Association will partner with the city to bring adaptive golf clinics and the 2025 Texas Adaptive Golf Championship to Prairie Lakes Golf Course; clinics are free and open to golfers with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities.
The Texas Golf Association will partner with the city of Grand Prairie to expand adaptive golf programming at Prairie Lakes Golf Course, including free clinics and the 2025 Texas Adaptive Golf Championships this October, city staff announced at the council meeting.
City parks Director Ray Serda told the council, “We are very excited to announce that the Texas Golf Association will be partnering with the city of Grand Prairie to enhance adaptive golf programming and opportunities for peoples with disabilities.” The partnership will provide space at Prairie Lakes for complimentary adaptive golf clinics in May and October, Serda said.
Kelly Kilgo, managing director of the Texas Golf Association (TGA) Golf Foundation and Outreach, said the TGA — which she described as the Texas arm of the United States Golf Association — has expanded adaptive events in recent years and expects 40 to 60 adaptive competitors for the October championship at Prairie Lakes. “Wewe're gonna have about 40 to 60 adaptive players from all over the world,” Kilgo said. She described a range of participants, including veterans, amputees, blind golfers and seated players, and said competitors play within flights for world ranking points.
Kilgo said the TGA will run free adaptive clinics at Prairie Lakes for beginners and experienced adaptive golfers. The first clinic is scheduled for May 12 and another for Oct. 9 ahead of the championship; both are free to participants and will include PGA Hope professionals and specialized adaptive carts for players who use them. Kilgo said the clinics and championship are intended to create “new opportunities for adaptive golfers” and to foster a more inclusive golfing environment.
The council and speakers noted the partnership as a chance to highlight Grand Prairie's facilities and to attract competitors and visitors. The announcement included logistical details about clinic dates and the championship but did not include budget or funding-source specifics.
Prairie Lakes Golf Course and the TGA were identified as hosts; the TGA said it has nearly 600 member clubs and more than 200,000 individual members in Texas and runs amateur championships and outreach programming in the state.
Organizers said a media release will follow the May clinic to promote the event and that the city will continue coordinating with TGA staff on volunteer support and event logistics.
