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

Sat, Aug 11 2012 3:58 AM (5 replies)
  • kmarline21
    442 Posts
    Mon, Aug 6 2012 2:35 PM
  • 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

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