First Tee to Forever Friend: Celebrating National Best Friends Day

Some of the best friendships don’t start in classrooms or group chats — they start on the tee box.

At Marie Birdie, we’ve seen it firsthand: the way girls meet through golf, bond over birdies and bogeys, and build something bigger than the game. From practice rounds to playoffs, from team tournaments to national championships, these friendships go far beyond scorecards.

So for National Best Friends Day, we’re celebrating the duos who prove you can compete with your best friend — and sometimes even against them — while still cheering each other on every step of the way.

These are the girls who:

• Laugh it off after a bad shot.
  
  
• Pick each other up after a three-putt.
  
  
• FaceTime that night to relive every hole.
  
  
• Swap ball markers to carry a little piece of each other through the round.
  
  

We asked a few of our Marie Birdie girls to share what it means to have a forever friend in golf — and what makes these bonds so special. 

Here’s what a few of our Marie Birdie girls had to say:

“We first connected during a practice round at the European Championship and quickly realized how much we had in common. Now we always find time for dinners or amusement parks between events — and we’re each other’s biggest cheerleaders.”

— Mia Heuberger, on her friendship with Riviera

“I met Shana playing PGA Jr. League, and a year later she invited me to be her alternate partner at Florida Cup. She’s helped me grow my mental game — and always believes in me.”

— Chloe Klein

“I met some of my best friends — Ellyn Park and Sadie Horner — through golf. Having another girl boss play a sport I love just makes it that much more fun. We support each other, build each other up, and we’re always having fun on and off the course.”

— Athena Breffitt

“Looking back, we were all so tiny! I really love playing with my besties at tournaments — we get to talk and hang out between holes.”

— Narine Tokatlian Maltez

“Having a forever friend in golf means more than just sharing a love for the game. It’s about creating memories that last a lifetime!”

— Alyna Yensabai

Because while a great round is always worth celebrating, the friendships formed through golf?

Those are forever