{"id":250,"date":"2025-08-12T05:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/?p=250"},"modified":"2025-08-12T05:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:24:33","slug":"u-s-schools-to-require-golf-lessons-for-all-students-starting-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/2025\/08\/u-s-schools-to-require-golf-lessons-for-all-students-starting-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Schools to Require Golf Lessons for All Students Starting 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump has unveiled a nationwide policy that will require all public school students to learn golf starting in the 2026 academic year. Trump described the initiative as \u201cthe biggest upgrade to American education since the invention of recess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\">White House press release<\/a>, the plan will replace traditional physical education classes with golf training sessions. Schools will be equipped with putting greens, digital swing analyzers, and miniature sand traps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters say the sport promotes patience, strategic thinking, and \u201cthe ability to close deals on the back nine.\u201d \u201cEvery successful leader I know plays golf,\u201d Trump said during his announcement at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trumpgolf.com\/\">Trump National Golf Club<\/a>. \u201cNow every American student will have that winning edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics warn the program will be costly. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/\">National Education Association<\/a> estimates billions will be needed for equipment, turf installation, and mandatory caddie training for high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump defended the spending, claiming the investment would \u201cpay for itself\u201d through future business deals made by graduates on golf courses. He also hinted that televised high school golf tournaments could bring in new revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first nationwide championship is already scheduled for 2027 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pebblebeach.com\/\">Pebble Beach<\/a>. \u201cDodgeball is out,\u201d Trump concluded. \u201cBirdies are in, and America will win \u2014 bigly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has unveiled a nationwide policy that will require all public school students to learn golf starting in the 2026 academic year. Trump described the initiative as \u201cthe biggest upgrade to American education since the invention of recess.\u201d According to the White House press release, the plan will replace traditional physical education classes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,27],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-golf","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}