Golf Camps

Next 18 utilizes 3 and 4 day golf camps that provide our participants with:

  • PGA caliber lessons from local PGA pros
  • Playing 9 or 18 holes of golf (camp dependent)
  • Mental health resources provided by trained professionals to include: yoga, breath work, and education on resilience, moral injury, PTSD symptom management, and sleep
  • A safe environment to help process difficult situations
  • Camaraderie
  • Peer supports from our alumni

*As a newer non-profit, we are able to offer golf, lessons, mental health, and lodging (overnight camps only) currently, free of charge to our participants.

Some of the courses we play require caddies.  When able, we will cover the cost of caddies.  Prior to acceptance into a camp, we will communicate with you if there is a need for you to cover these costs.  Eventually we expect to have enough funding to cover all aspects of a camp, but we are still growing!

The same goes for food.  While we provide snacks and drinks during the day, we do ask that our participants purchase their own food during the camps.  For day camps, this means eating breakfast before arriving, and purchasing lunch.  We work with the courses to get food at a discount, and when available, we will work with courses and sponsors to cover these costs.

We will not expect you to cover anything else beyond food and caddies, if needed.  Again, as we grow, we will be able to cover these as well.

What’s at Camp

3.5 day golf camps, offered free of charge to veterans and first responders.  Next 18 facilitates a golf camp mindset woven with mental health and holistic lifestyle resource modules.  We provide introductions to resources such as yoga, meditation, breathwork, mindfulness and body scans, small group interactive processing, reiki, journaling and others.

We strive to create a safe environment to bring 10-12 participants together at a time on some of the best golf courses in the country, as we share our traumas and defeat the stigmas of not asking for help, hiding from our emotions, and just “sucking it up.”

While we provide a myriad of resources, training, and support, Next 18 does not diagnose or treat any pre-diagnosed or undiagnosed mental health concerns. As part of our ongoing support and encouragement to our participants, we foster a peer community after camps and provide a multitude of resources.

Mondays – Wednesdays

0800 – Arrival at course / introductions / assessments

0900 – 1200 – PGA Lessons and Small Group Interpersonal Processing

1200 – 1230 – Lunch

1230 – 1400 – Mental health or holistic 90 minute resource training

1400 – 1700 – 9 holes or 18 holes of golf – camp dependant

1800 (overnight camps) – dinner and further group discussions

Thursdays

0900 – 1030 – “Unpacking the Ruck” (private session for our executive director and campers)

1030 – 1500 – 18 holes of golf

1500 – closeout lunch

Upcoming Golf Camps

Camp 15

6-9 May 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (May 5-9th)

whistling straits

Whistling Straits
Kohler, WI
Website

Camp 16

13-16 May 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (May 12-16th)

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TPC Twin Cities
Blaine, MN
Website

Camp 17

3-5 June 2024
Caddies Only, No Carts
erin hills

Erin Hills Golf Course
Hartford, WI
Website

Camp 18

15-18 July 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (July 14-18th)

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TPC Deer Run
Silvis, IL
Website

Camp 19

5-8 August 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (Aug 4-8th)

whistling straits

Whistling Straits
Kohler, WI
Website

Camp 20

23-26 September 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (Sep 22-26th)
Caddies Only, No Carts
sand valley

Sand Valley
Nekoosa, WI
Website

Camp 21

7-10 October 2024
(Overnight with lodging)
Travel Dates (Oct 6-10th)
Caddies Only, No Carts
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Sand Valley
Nekoosa, WI
Website

Camp 22

2-5 December 2024

kierland golf
The Yards
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Website

Past Golf Camps

Camp 1

28 Sep – 1 Oct 2021

Fire Ridge Golf Course
Grafton, Wisconsin
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Camp 2

12 -15 Oct  2021

Fire Ridge Golf Course
Grafton, Wisconsin
fireridgegc.com

Camp 3

9-12 May 2022

whistling straits
Whistling Straits
Kohler, WI
Website

Camp 4

27-29 June 2022

erin hills
Erin Hills Golf Course
Hartford, WI
Website

Camp 5

11-14 July 2022

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Washington County Golf Course
Hartford, WI
Website

Camp 6

15-18 Aug 2022

The Bull at Pinehurst Farms
Sheboygan Falls, WI
Website

Camp 7

12-15 Dec 2022

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Saint Augustine, FL
Website

Camp 8

9-12 May 2023
(Overnight)

whistling straits
Whistling Straits
Kohler, WI
Website

Camp 9

7-9 June 2023

erin hills

Erin Hills Golf Course
Hartford, WI
Website

Camp 10

7-10 Aug 2023
(Overnight)

whistling straits

Kohler Golf
Kohler, WI
Website

Camp 11

11-14 Sep 2023
(Overnight)

lawsonia

The Golf Courses of Lawsonia
Green Lake, WI
Website

Camp 12

9-12 Oct 2023
(Overnight)

sand valley

Sand Valley
Nekoosa, WI
Website

Camp 13

13-16 Nov 2023
(Overnight)

kierland golf

Kierland
Scottsdale, AZ
Website

Camp 14

4-7 Dec 2023
(Overnight)

kierland golf
The Yards
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Website