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Dakoda Dowd
Dakoda Flowie Dowd (born April 3, 1993), also known as "Koda", is an American amateur golfer. On April 27, 2006, 24 days after her 13th birthday, she became the youngest player to compete in an LPGA tournament. This record was broken a year later when 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for and played in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open.
==Career==
Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, has won more than 185 junior trophies. In 2006, she was ranked number one among United States sixth graders.〔("A daughter's devotion" ), Bob Putnam, ''St. Petersburg Times'', October 4, 2005〕 As of June 2008, ''Golfweek'' ranked her 231st among all junior U.S. girls golfers.〔(''Golfweek'' online rankings search )〕
In March 2006, Dowd received a sponsor's exemption to play in the inaugural LPGA Ginn Open〔(Press release from Ginn Clubs & Resorts (pdf) ), March 20, 2006〕 after the CEO of Ginn Clubs & Resorts, Bobby Ginn, was made aware of a story in ''The Tampa Tribune'' about Kelly Jo Dowd, Dakoda's mother. Kelly Jo was fighting cancer and her dream was to see her daughter play in an LPGA event.〔("Kelly Jo Dowd" ), Anthony Cotton, ''The Denver Post'', May 21, 2006〕 Once the exemption was granted, Dakoda and Kelly Jo's story attracted considerable media attention and she was followed by a large gallery during the tournament. After a birdie at the first hole she went on to finish the first round with a 2-over par score of 74. She completed her first two rounds 12 strokes over par, missed the cut, and finished near the bottom, tied for 156th place out of 162 competitors.
In 2007, she attempted to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open but did not make it to the second round of qualifying.〔("Teen sensation Dowd falters in U.S. Women's Open qualifying attempt" ), The Associated Press, May 14, 2007〕
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