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A partnership between the LPGA and the United States Golf Association, LPGA-USGA Girls Golf, provides the opportunity to achieve success, progress in golf and learn life lessons inherent to the game, such as patience, respect, perseverance and honesty. Girls Golf creates a healthy environment for girls to play golf that, in turn, builds their self-confidence and prepares them to meet the challenges of today's world with assurance. |
Girls Golf in the news...
Growing the game with LPGA-USGA Girls Golf
LPGA-USGA Girls Golf (Girls Golf) is the LPGA's primary initiative to help grow the game of golf among young girls across the United States. The LPGA, in partnership with the USGA, funds the program through the LPGA Foundation. Founded in 1989, Girls Golf has nearly 200 sites across the country and reaches over 6,000 girls yearly from the ages of 7 to 17.
LPGA star and three-time winner Brittany Lincicome believed in the possibilities and turned her golf dreams into reality, when she won the first major championship of her career, the 2009 Kraft Nabisco. A product of the Girls Golf site in Largo, Florida, Brittany now mentors young girls as the National Ambassador for LPGA-USGA Girls Golf. Brittany recently visited with girls from two different sites for unforgettable experiences. More>>
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New magazine launches for female youth golfers
Golfer Girl Magazine, which made its debut in May 2007, is the first publication created exclusively for female youth golfers. The inaugural issue is 72 pages and will be distributed to all segments of the girls' golf market and to juniors participating in summer tournaments including the Callaway Junior Worlds, the International Junior Golf Tour, national U.S. Kids Golf tournaments, girls attending the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida and the Stanford Golf Camp at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
The summer 2007 issue features a cover story about the inspiring 15-year-old golfer, Mackinzie Kline. Every issue will include golf instruction specifically for girls by professional golf instructors Suzy Whaley and John Darling. Other features include interviews with top junior tournament players, as well as young women on the LPGA Tour, and special sections on physical and mental fitness. The magazine will incorporate educational features about the history of women's golf, junior tournament schedules tournament preparation and other topics such as rolling features about women who work in the golf industry - ranging from magazine editors to golf course architects.
 Golfer Girl Magazine will be published quarterly and have an annual subscription rate of $26. For more information visit www.golfergirlmagazine.com.
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