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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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