Dakoda Dowd Makes Mom’s Cut Not LPGA’s
Monday, May 1st, 2006(CBS/AP) Dakoda Dowd won a trophy at this weekend’s Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open.
She didn’t win the tournament. She didn’t even make the cut. She held the trophy on the 18th green at the Reunion Resort & Club simply because she played.
The 13-year-old golf prodigy was invited to Reunion, Florida after event organizers learned that her mother Kelly Jo – who doctors say may only have months to live – wanted to see Dakoda play against the pros once in her lifetime. So Ginn organizers offered a sponsor’s exemption, which eventually became a special exemption through the LPGA.
