Dakoda Dowd A Jr. Golf Pro, 12, Fulfils Dying Mom’s Dream
Dakoda Dowd a 12 year old girl from Florida is to become the world’s second youngest female professional golfer in order to fulfil the dream of her dying mother.
Dakoda Flowie Dowd will make her debut in a tournament near Orlando next month. The Ladies’ Professional Golf Association insists players be at least 18 but an exception is being made because of the “extraordinary emotional circumstances”.
Dakoda’s mother, Kelly Jo Dowd, 40, has cancer and doctors do not expect her to survive for more than a few months. Watching her daughter take part in the tournament is her dearest wish.
Kelly Jo will be allowed to follow her in a customised golf cart. But as she approaches her 13th birthday this week, Dakoda Dowd's fear is that her mother may not be well enough to attend. “My birthday wish is that my mom is here for the tournament and for a long time after that,” she said.
“But there are good days and bad days, for both of us, and we just try to hold it together and concentrate on making her dreams come true.”
Dowd recalled that when she first suffered discomfort, she blamed breast implants and skipped a mammogram.
“That was the worst decision of my life,” she said.
Last month she picked her funeral plot.
“It is a very tough time, but all I can ask is that God steers us through it and, afterwards, my little girl has a strong and happy life.”
Dakoda Flowie Dowd will make her debut in a tournament near Orlando next month. The Ladies’ Professional Golf Association insists players be at least 18 but an exception is being made because of the “extraordinary emotional circumstances”.
Dakoda’s mother, Kelly Jo Dowd, 40, has cancer and doctors do not expect her to survive for more than a few months. Watching her daughter take part in the tournament is her dearest wish.
Kelly Jo will be allowed to follow her in a customised golf cart. But as she approaches her 13th birthday this week, Dakoda Dowd's fear is that her mother may not be well enough to attend. “My birthday wish is that my mom is here for the tournament and for a long time after that,” she said.
“But there are good days and bad days, for both of us, and we just try to hold it together and concentrate on making her dreams come true.”
Dowd recalled that when she first suffered discomfort, she blamed breast implants and skipped a mammogram.
“That was the worst decision of my life,” she said.
Last month she picked her funeral plot.
“It is a very tough time, but all I can ask is that God steers us through it and, afterwards, my little girl has a strong and happy life.”
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