Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Janeen Driscoll’s heart bleeds black and gold. The blue-collar, friendly town significantly shaped her work ethic, what she values most, and the premium she places on people and relationships. While her school bus passed a small par-3 course every day growing up, golf held an unapproachable mystique to her. Now, she is passionate about having affordable, accessible golf in small communities. Janeen said that golf “teaches life skills, values, and integrity, and you meet extraordinary humans through it”.
Janeen has had multiple points in her career bring her to the Pinehurst area. From working at Pinehurst Resort and opening Golf House Pinehurst for the USGA, the community has become her family’s forever home. The 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, her first working for the USGA, was Janeen’s first interaction with First Tee. The USGA was a founding partner of First Tee, and she wanted to learn more about their impact at a local level. Learning more about First Tee and how the youth in the community benefit led her to pursue a more active role. Passionate about the First Tee mission of building character among our communities youth, Janeen describes becoming a board member “a pretty easy choice”.
Janeen’s favorite memory with First Tee – Sandhills “was a summer STEM camp at Pinehurst in 2024, when we used the U.S. Open course to teach kids about how the course was maintained. I’m a huge fan of sustainable courses, and know the kids had a lot of fun using moisture meters, designing golf holes and planting native plants. They all appreciated where they play after that day, and the people that provide those terrific playing surfaces. Memory of a lifetime.”