Young golfers will be at the center of the spotlight when the LPGA's Symetra Tour makes a stop at Innisbrook for the IOA Gold Classic.
The field includes Odessa teen Emmy Martin, who is a student at Academy of the Holy Names. Martin is ranked by Golfweek as the ninth-best high school girls golfer in Florida.
Other Tampa Bay area golfers include Ginger Howard, 19, of Bradenton and Jaclyn Sweeney, also of Bradenton.
What You Need To Know-
LPGA Symetra Tour, IOA Golf Classic
Aug. 6-11, 54 hole competition is Aug. 9-11
144 player field. $100,000 purse
Schedule
Wed. through Thu.- Pro Am (free admission)
Fri. Through Sun.- competition (7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Tickets available at the gate- $10 per day, $25 for all three days, kids under 16 get in free
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