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points: empower, enrich, engage, exercise,
and energize. e Cherokee Run Golf Course
is where Girls Golf Conyers is held. Deborah
Davis is the director of golf with partner Carolina
Mincey. ey oered the only girls golf
camp in Georgia this past summer, according
to Mincey. e rst year they oered the camp
they had 28 girls, this year they had 28 plus 28
on the waiting list.
“When the girls rst come to golf, they are
confused,” explains Davis, a former tennis
player from Antiqua. “ey say, ‘Isn’t this for
older people?’ en they make a good shot
and get excited. So excited
that they jump out of the
car without their clubs,”
says Davis. So excited
that one mother drove
from New Orleans for
the three-day camp with
her daughter. Golf has so
many opportunities and a
built-in respect for others,
explains Davis. e girls
learn the physics of why
a ball has dimples, a ball’s
ight, spin of the ball, why
the balls are not round.
e growth of girls
and golf has not gone
unnoticed. e Georgia
Women’s Golf Association
is working on raising funds
for girl’s golf teams. e
grants fund high school
girls’ golf teams. Last year