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Blue Devils Raise $21,006 for Birdies for Babies in 2021
7/23/2021 12:15:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM – Even though both the Duke men's and women's golf programs had a shortened 2020-21 season due to COVID-19, the Blue Devils were able to still raise $21,006 for the Birdies for Babies program, which benefits the Duke Children's Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units.
Over the four years of the Birdies for Babies program, the Blue Devils have raised a total of $68,308.
During the 2021 season, the men's and women's programs combined to collect 941 birdies to go along with 32 eagles.
The women's program won the ACC Championship and went on to advance to the semifinals of match play at the NCAA Championship in 2021. The men's team collected four top-5 finishes and advanced to the NCAA Regionals in Noblesville, Ind.
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 2019 Duke graduate 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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Over the four years of the Birdies for Babies program, the Blue Devils have raised a total of $68,308.
During the 2021 season, the men's and women's programs combined to collect 941 birdies to go along with 32 eagles.
The women's program won the ACC Championship and went on to advance to the semifinals of match play at the NCAA Championship in 2021. The men's team collected four top-5 finishes and advanced to the NCAA Regionals in Noblesville, Ind.
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 2019 Duke graduate 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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