Here's a heart warming story

[-Josh-]

This girl is 13 and is being allowed to play in her first LPGA tour tournament, but it's not because she's the most talented, it's because a company heard her families story and is giving her a chance to make her moms dream come true of seeing her play before it's to late.


http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/colum...bob&id=2420962

[KustmAce]

Its heart warming til she finishes dead last.

But seriously, that is cool, hope she does well.

[Rally Sport]

Yeah it'd be kick ass if she made it all the way through.

[beef_bourito]

it's a good story but it's still sad that she's going to lose her mother. i mean playing in the PGA at 13 is great but i think losing your mother outweighs the happiness.

and i dont think it'll be that bad if she finishes dead last, she'll just want to do her best, which is far from her compeitors best. nobody's expecting her to be competitive, just to give it her all.

[1986Z28]

thats awesome, its not going to make her feel 100 % better, but its still going to help

[driftinggrifter2]

Whether she finishes last or not doesn't matter to her or her mom. It's just the joy of her being able to play and her mom being able to see her doing what she loves to do. I think that was really generous of them to give her and her mom that chance.

[Smmoke]

"diagnosed as breast cancer... continued to work at Hooters"

Anyone find this mildly ironic?

[Jonno]

"Mrs Dowd, you have breast cancer..."

"What?, but that guy giving free door to door breast examinations said I had the best breasts he had seen all week..."

[beef_bourito]

Originally Posted by Smmoke

"diagnosed as breast cancer... continued to work at Hooters"

Anyone find this mildly ironic?

Well since i'm not heartless i didn't find it amusing at all, i thought it was good that she didn't have to quite her job. i try not to think of irony in someones life when they're about to die.

[driftinggrifter2]

Originally Posted by Smmoke

"diagnosed as breast cancer... continued to work at Hooters"

Anyone find this mildly ironic?

Thats cold. I hope you get prostate cancer and have to work at allstate insurance. would you see the irony in that.

[highteknology]

a quick little update. the daughter is 2 over par in the tournament and shot a birdie on her first hole. how a 13yr old girl is able to play with pros like Sorenstan while her mom only has a few months to live just boggles my mind. i hope her the best.

[beef_bourito]

she plays that well because she's on steroids.

anyways, that's an awsome score i really hope she does well, seems to be good so far, hopefully she doesn't choke.

[sv650s]

pretty sad...saw it on tv, this is her mom's second htime having cancer in 4 years, hope she kicks that pro's ass

[driftinggrifter2]

I watched it on espn a the morning this was posted and was actually moved by the story

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

Its heart warming til she finishes dead last.

May God have mercy on me for finding that funny but I do hope it brings a few positive uplifting moments to her mom's life.