LAKELAND, Fla., February 23, 2007 – Lisa D. Mickey, Director of Communications for the Duramed FUTURES Tour, was one of the first-place winners in the Golf Writers Association of America’s Annual Writing Contest, announced this week. Mickey won the Internet Feature category with her story entitled, "Johnston Looks For Ways To Heal And Move On." The feature is about former Tour member Sara Lynn Johnston’s emotional year after the loss of her best friend and fellow Tour member, Gaelle Truet, who died in a fatal automobile accident.
"It’s a bittersweet honor to be recognized by my peers for my story about Sara Lynn and her life-changing 2006 season," said Mickey. "The focus of the story centered around an unfortunate tragedy that left our entire Tour shocked and deeply saddened. Gaelle was not only a solid golfer, but a wonderful human being who touched each one of us in her own special way."
The annual Golf Writers Association of America’s (GWAA) writing contest awards writers for their exceptional golf stories written in 2006 in three categories: Daily, Non-Daily, and Internet. Within each category, awards are given out based on four subcategories: Columns, News, Features and Special Projects. Mickey, along with the other writing winners, will be honored for her outstanding accomplishment on April 4, in Augusta, Ga. There were 521 entries by writers from newspapers, magazines and web sites in the annual contest.
Mickey also won an Honorable Mention in the Internet Features category for her story, "Tampa Woman Rises From First Tee Program To Become Touring Pro," about Duramed FUTURES Tour player Elizabeth Stuart and her start in an urban youth golf program to her current touring-pro status. In addition, ESPN.com’s Jason Sobel placed second in the Internet Features category with his story, "Life Lessons of the FUTURES Tour." His feature profiled the lives of Duramed FUTURES Tour players in their pursuit of trying to earn LPGA Tour status.
To read the Mickey’s award winning story, visit http://duramedfuturestour.com/News/WR081406.pdf.
About The Tour
Now in its 27th season, the Duramed FUTURES Tour remains committed to preparing the world’s best young women professional golfers for a career on the LPGA Tour. At season’s end each year, the top five players on the Tour’s money list earn automatic LPGA Tour exemptions for the following year. The official developmental tour of the LPGA has grown into the largest international developmental tour and the world’s second-largest women’s golf tour with more than 300 players from 31 nations. Nearly 300 alumnae are LPGA Tour members, with former Duramed FUTURES Tour players owning a total of 314 LPGA titles and 33 major championships. The Duramed FUTURES Tour currently conducts 19 tournaments in 14 states and since 1989, has raised more than $4 million for charitable organizations. For more information, please visit duramedfuturestour.com.
Contact:
Jackie Beck at 860.304.3643 or Jackie@duramedfuturestour.com.