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LPGA Scholarships Deadline Approaching

The LPGA annually hands out three scholarships to girls who play golf and plan to attend college in the fall. The deadline is May 15, so you’ve got to act quickly if you want to be considered. Here’s a breakdown of each one:

The Dinah Shore Scholarship, created in 1994, awards $5,000 to a senior who played golf during high school, but who will not play competitively in college. Dinah Shore was a singer/actress for more than forty-five years and helped establish one of the most prestigious LPGA golf tournaments, the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, California. She incessantly promoted the game and, after her death, became an honorary member of the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame.
The Marilynn Smith Scholarship, established in 1999, gives $3,000 to a high school senior who played competitively in school or in her community, and who is planning to compete on a college golf team. Smith, one of the thirteen original founders of the LPGA, won 21 times on Tour, including two majors, and made history by becoming the first female television commentator at a men’s golf tournament in 1973.
The Phyllis G. Meekins Scholarship, created in 2006, provides a need-based grant of $1,250 to a high school senior from a minority background (African-American, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic) who played golf in high school and plans to play in college. Phyllis Meekins became a member of the LPGA in 1981 and was inducted into the National Afro-American Golfers Hall of Fame in 1984. Under the Phyllis G. Meekins (PGM) Clinic, established in 1973, thousands of students have developed such life skills as goal setting, discipline, leadership and determination.

Golf scholarships are becoming increasingly difficult to grab (yes, even for women), so partial ones such as these can add up. Send in your entries now!