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Can a First Tee chapter point families to a story built for the drive to lessons?

A First Tee chapter can point families to *Once Upon a Golf Swing*, a 62-page illustrated storybook for ages 3 to 6 with a $9.97 audiobook edition and a companion listen-along version, built for the drive to lessons or a chapter event.

The story follows Ace, a brand new golf ball who is lost on his very first swing at a course called Whispering Pines. He is found and meets Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy, and Rangey, each one carrying a real strength and a real weakness. The lesson arrives through what the characters do, never through explanation, which lines up with how First Tee already approaches teaching young players.

For a chapter handing out something small to new families at registration, or answering a parent’s question about what a younger sibling can listen to while an older child is in a session, this fills a real need. It is available as a $29.97 first-edition hardcover, a $14.97 softcover, and the $9.97 audiobook. Written by F.C. Salas and illustrated by Cristina C. Cortes, published by Swankeeper Publishing, it includes an original theme song, "Swing Away," and opens a series continuing in a second book set in Italy. It gives a chapter a simple, low-cost recommendation that fits its own values. </br>