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DETOUR Sports: Ginger Howard offers tips for beginner golfers

Ginger Howard earned conditional status on LPGA in 2016.
Ginger Howard earned conditional status on LPGA in 2016. DETOUR Staff

For Ginger Howard, golf is not just a profession/ it is a lifestyle.

“It’s a relationship between you and the sport,” said Howard, who earned conditional status on LPGA in 2016. “It takes a lot of passion and motivation.”

DETOUR asked Howard to give some advice to people looking to give the sport a try.

“[Being] an African-American female golfer has had its ups and downs,” she said honestly. “But in the end it’s always worth it.”

What other pieces of advice does Howard have for young athletes and how does she cope with performance stress? Find out in the video below and stay tuned for more sports content from DETOUR.

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