The Golf Performance Academy Foundation awards $2.1 million in scholarships

A foundation supporting young golfers at an academy with a Florida campus says it has awarded $2.1 million in scholarships to help families afford academic and athletic training.The Golf Performance Academy Foundation provides financial assistance for students attending the academy’s campuses in Port St. Lucie and Ridgefield, Connecticut.According to the foundation’s announcement, the assistance helps students access golf coaching, physical and mental performance training, and academic preparation as they work toward playing college golf.Graduates join college golf programsThe academy said nine members of its Class of 2026 are on collegiate men’s and women’s golf rosters, including programs at Charleston Southern, Lipscomb and Towson universities.Among them is Callahan Harrell, whom Charleston Southern lists as a freshman on its 2026-27 men’s golf roster.“My dream since I was a young kid has been to play college golf,” Harrell said in the academy’s announcement.Harrell credited his fam