KODA DOWD PRE-TEEN LANDS A SPOT
Dakoda Koda Dowd, a 12-year-old amateur, has received a sponsor's exemption into the inaugural Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open, tournament officials have announced. The new event is set for Apr. 27-30 at the Reunion Resort & Club near Orlando.
Dakoda Koda Dowd, from Palm Harbor, Fla., will be playing her first professional tournament. In her amateur career, she has won more than 185 junior tournaments and is the nation's top-ranked female player in the 2011 graduating class. In 2005, as a sixth-grader, she was the No. 2 player on the golf team at Northside Christian High and helped the team win its first state title.
Koda's mother, Kelly Jo Dowd, learned earlier this year that the breast cancer she beat three years ago has returned, invading more of her body and leaving her terminally ill. The disease has spread to bone and liver cancer. The chance for Dakoda to play in an LPGA event is one of her mother's final wishes.
Dakoda Koda Dowd, from Palm Harbor, Fla., will be playing her first professional tournament. In her amateur career, she has won more than 185 junior tournaments and is the nation's top-ranked female player in the 2011 graduating class. In 2005, as a sixth-grader, she was the No. 2 player on the golf team at Northside Christian High and helped the team win its first state title.
Koda's mother, Kelly Jo Dowd, learned earlier this year that the breast cancer she beat three years ago has returned, invading more of her body and leaving her terminally ill. The disease has spread to bone and liver cancer. The chance for Dakoda to play in an LPGA event is one of her mother's final wishes.
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