Zero Dark Birdie
PROGRAMS
Operation Albatross
Zero Dark Birdie Golf Wellness Retreats are immersive, golf-centered healing experiences designed specifically for military veterans facing PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. Each retreat blends the therapeutic power of golf with peer-to-peer connection, mindfulness practices, and access to professional resources. Over the course of the retreat, veterans are provided a safe and supportive environment to decompress, rebuild camaraderie, and reconnect with themselves and others who share similar experiences. Golf serves as both a therapeutic outlet and a bridge—creating space for conversation, resilience, and growth. Beyond the course, retreats integrate guided workshops, wellness activities, and direct connections to vetted treatment providers so that participants leave with both immediate relief and a long-term care plan. Our mission is bold but simple: Zero Veteran Suicides; Total Transformation. By using golf as a gateway to healing, Zero Dark Birdie retreats not only restore joy and community but also open the door to life-saving treatment and hope for the future
The outcomes of Zero Dark Birdie Golf Wellness Retreats are designed to be both immediate and long-term, ensuring that veterans not only find relief during the retreat but also leave with a pathway to sustained healing:
Retreat Outcomes
Emotional Relief & Stress Reduction
Veterans experience a break from daily stressors in a calming, structured environment where golf, mindfulness, and camaraderie reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and hypervigilance.
Reconnection & Community Building
Retreats rebuild bonds of brotherhood/sisterhood, combatting isolation and loneliness. Veterans leave with new peer-to-peer support networks they can lean on long after the retreat ends.
Pathway to Care
Each participant is assessed and guided toward appropriate long-term resources, including access to trusted treatment providers (psychedelic-assisted therapies, service dogs, mental health clinics, mindfulness programs, etc.).
Renewed Sense of Purpose
Veterans regain hope and direction. Through golf’s structure, discipline, and joy, they discover new motivation and a healthier outlet for processing trauma.
Suicide Prevention Impact
By addressing PTSD and TBI at their roots, the retreats help reduce risk factors for suicide, supporting the organization’s mission of Zero Veteran Suicides; Total Transformation
CONTACT
Zero Dark Birdie
35438 Stockton St.
Beaumont, California 92223