Junior golfers have the opportunity to learn from mentors like Michael McDermott on the course during GolfBridge events.
Michael McDermott and Cole Berman, both past Philadelphia Amateur champions, had been individually pondering the idea of bridging the older and younger generations in golf.
The pair, who played an epic match in the round of 16 at the 2016 Philly Am, fondly remember being fortified for life with advice when they were on the course with older players. A post-COVID conversation on the practice range at Merion Golf Club ushered the idea into reality.
In 2021, propelled by what McDermott calls “the doer” in Berman, the duo founded the GolfBridge Society, a nonprofit mentoring program for junior players in the Philadelphia area.
“How could we create an organization for today’s generation of junior golfers that took the luck and circumstance out of it?” said Berman, 29, a two-time All-Big East player at Georgetown who won the Philly Amateur in 2015.
MIchael McDermott
The program, free of charge to any junior golfer who com...