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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...
New LPGA-USGA Girls Golf sites. During the first two months of 2008, 10 new LPGA-USGA Girls Golf sites were established. The cities, site directors and host clubs are as follows:
- Peachtree City, Ga., Maeve Cromwell, LPGA T&CP; Braelinn Golf Club
- Great Falls, Mont., Connie Cramer-Caouette, LPGA T&CP; Eagle Falls and Anaconda Hills
- Helena, Mont., Scott Longenecker, PGA; Bill Roberts Golf Course
- Kingston, N.Y., Vincent Manginelli, PGA; Twaalfskill Golf Course and Ascot Park Golf Center
- Susquehanna Valley, Penn., Joyce Herr, Program Director for The First Tee of Susquehanna Valley; Crossgates Golf Course
- Wexford, Penn., Patrick Monaghan, Director of Operations, The Woodland Foundation; The Woodlands Foundation “No Handicap” Golf Club and RMU Golf Dome.
- Greenville, S.C., Jennifer Shillington, LPGA T&CP, Kevin Dehlinger, PGA; Furman University Golf Club
- Walhalla, S.C., Linda Duryea, Executive Director of Blue Ridge Jr. Golf; Blue Ridge Golf Center
- Antioch, Tenn., Robbie Ferreri, LPGA T&CP; Family Golf Center
- Edinburg, Tex., Dr. Susan Duvé; Club at Cimarron, Los Lagos and Palm View Golf Course
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Newsletter. Read more in the latest Girls
Golf LINKS newsletter>>
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.
2008 Scholarships applications now
available! >>
Dinah
Shore Scholarship
Marilynn
Smith Scholarship
Phyllis G. Meekins Scholarship
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