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Year Four of Birdies for Babies Kicks Off
2/4/2021 10:21:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off raising $47,302 the last three years, the Duke men's and women's golf programs are excited to kick off year four of the Birdies for Babies program, which benefits the Duke Children's Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units.
The 25th-ranked Duke men's golf program opened the 2021 campaign with a fourth-place ledger at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational and a tied for second placement at the Sea Best Invitational. They raised $534.75 in the first two events with 93 birdies. The men's golf program will next compete in the Seminole Intercollegiate Feb. 19-21 and will compete in a total of seven regular season tournaments.
The seven-time NCAA Champion women's golf program will open the 2021 season Feb. 21-22 at the Palmetto Spring Intercollegiate in Kiawah Island, S.C. The Blue Devils will feature five regular season tournaments, before moving into the postseason.
Those looking to support Duke's partnership with the Duke Children's can make pledges per birdie. Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are welcome. If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated.
The creation of the program was spearheaded by recent Duke graduate and former NCAA Champion women's golfer Virginia Elena Carta. A native of Udine, Italy, Carta was a four-time All-ACC selection and the 2016 NCAA Individual Champion. The 2016 WGCA All-America and Honda Award winner turned in a NCAA-record 16-under-par ledger of 272 as a rookie to register her first collegiate victory. She became one of only four Blue Devils to win both a NCAA Individual and team NCAA title.
Duke Children's is a 180-bed inpatient hospital within Duke University Hospital. The central outpatient clinic, the McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, is a 66,000 square-foot facility that is adjacent to the hospital, and that combines medical and surgical specialty services in one colorful, child-focused location. Additionally, there are numerous Duke Children's primary care and specialty care clinics through North Carolina to care for the needs of children throughout the state. Duke Children's is one of the largest health care providers for children in the Southeast, and the only children's hospital in North Carolina to be ranked in all ten specialties by the U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about Duke Children's online at www.dukechildrens.org or at www.facebook.com/dukechildrens.
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The 25th-ranked Duke men's golf program opened the 2021 campaign with a fourth-place ledger at the Camp Creek Seminole Invitational and a tied for second placement at the Sea Best Invitational. They raised $534.75 in the first two events with 93 birdies. The men's golf program will next compete in the Seminole Intercollegiate Feb. 19-21 and will compete in a total of seven regular season tournaments.
The seven-time NCAA Champion women's golf program will open the 2021 season Feb. 21-22 at the Palmetto Spring Intercollegiate in Kiawah Island, S.C. The Blue Devils will feature five regular season tournaments, before moving into the postseason.
Those looking to support Duke's partnership with the Duke Children's can make pledges per birdie. Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are welcome. If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated.
The creation of the program was spearheaded by recent Duke graduate and former NCAA Champion women's golfer Virginia Elena Carta. A native of Udine, Italy, Carta was a four-time All-ACC selection and the 2016 NCAA Individual Champion. The 2016 WGCA All-America and Honda Award winner turned in a NCAA-record 16-under-par ledger of 272 as a rookie to register her first collegiate victory. She became one of only four Blue Devils to win both a NCAA Individual and team NCAA title.
Duke Children's is a 180-bed inpatient hospital within Duke University Hospital. The central outpatient clinic, the McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, is a 66,000 square-foot facility that is adjacent to the hospital, and that combines medical and surgical specialty services in one colorful, child-focused location. Additionally, there are numerous Duke Children's primary care and specialty care clinics through North Carolina to care for the needs of children throughout the state. Duke Children's is one of the largest health care providers for children in the Southeast, and the only children's hospital in North Carolina to be ranked in all ten specialties by the U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about Duke Children's online at www.dukechildrens.org or at www.facebook.com/dukechildrens.
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