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Re: Ten-year-old prepares for the U.S. Women's Amateur

• kmarline21 442 Posts

  Mon, Aug 6 2012 2:35 PM

  ten year old prepares for the us womens amateur  click to watch video

• gmaster007 2,101 Posts

  Mon, Aug 6 2012 2:59 PM

  cheap gimmick, there should be an age limit of 16 for all these adult tournies

• Vardon60 29 Posts

  Tue, Aug 7 2012 2:31 PM

  gmaster007:

  cheap gimmick, there should be an age limit of 16 for all these adult tournies

  
  
  I disagree. She wasn't invited, she qualified. (If I'm not mistaken.)

   

   

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Tue, Aug 7 2012 10:37 PM

  gmaster007:

  cheap gimmick, there should be an age limit of 16 for all these adult tournies

  From the article:

  Latanna qualified by shooting a two-under 70 in a regional qualifier.  Her handicap is a plus-one.  She drives the ball 225 yards.  And she does not play from the red tees.

  The USWA is August 6-12 in Cleveland, where Latanna will compete with the best female amateur golfers in the country.  She's the youngest to ever qualify for the tournament, though it really wasn't a fluke.  She's been swinging a club since she was two, and she's won more than 100 junior tournaments.  At 5'4", she also doesn't look like she's ten--maybe more like 12 or 13.

  Nothing gimmicky about it. Just a phenomenal 10 year old golfer who earned her spot.
  

• thebigeasy707 5,885 Posts

  Tue, Aug 7 2012 10:55 PM

  athletes are getting younger and younger these days therefore they have to prepare and compete earlier and earlier.

  more recently in london olympics we saw a 15 yr old girl win gold in a swimming event.

  nothing gimmicky about this.

  tbe

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Sat, Aug 11 2012 3:58 AM

  10 yrs old is way too young.  Doesn't matter how good she is.

  She should enjoy being a little girl first before she goes out into the real world.

  Way too young.

  -Roger