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                                                                   CADDIE ACADEMY FOR GIRLS

                                     WGA Caddie Academy offers students promise of brighter futures

                 The Western Golf Association’s Caddie
                 Academy is wrapping up its seventh
                 summer, providing a group of 95
                 female high school students from
                 across the nation an opportunity to
                 caddie at local golf and country clubs
                 — and ultimately earn a shot at
                 winning a full housing and tuition
                 college scholarship.
                 Beginning on June 16, and running for
                 seven weeks, the girls have caddied
                 daily at one of 14 participating clubs
                 along Chicago’s North Shore, while
                 living in community at Woodlands
                 Academy of the Sacred Heart in
                 Lake Forest, Illinois.
                 This unique program offers        WGA Caddie Academy offers expanded opportunities to high school girls.
                 participants a chance to experience the
                 benefits of being a golf caddie, from  Those who complete the three-summer  and academic records. This past year,
                 learning life lessons to being around  program will become eligible to apply  965 Evans Scholars were enrolled at
                 successful adults. The girls come from  for the Evans Scholarship, a full, four-  19 universities across the nation.
                 economically under-resourced      year tuition and housing college grant
                                                                                    Since 2012, when the Caddie Academy
                 backgrounds and/or areas that don’t  to top universities across the country.
                                                                                    began, 35 participants have been
                 offer caddie opportunities. More than  The Program is supported by the
                                                                                    awarded the Evans Scholarship.
                 90 percent of participants are    Western Golf Association; applicants
                 minorities.                       must show financial need and strong  During the seven weeks the Caddie
                                                   character, as well as outstanding caddie  Academy is in session, female
                                                                                    Evans Scholars live with the
                                                                                    participants, serving as counselors
                                                                                    to supervise and mentor the group,
                                                                                    as well as driving the girls to their
                                                                                    respective clubs each day.

                                                                                    The group also takes part in special
                                                                                    outings and field trips, career talks
                                                                                    from successful female leaders and
                                                                                    standardized test prep training.
                                                                                    To learn more about the
                                                                                    Caddie Academy, visit
                                                                                    wgacaddieacademy.org.










                 WGA Caddie Academy girls on the course.





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