Two sisters who got into golf in an unexpected way set to compete in the PGA Works Collegiate Championship
Hope and Alana Hall were both born prematurely, and started playing golf to help develop their fine motor skills. Now, both play DI college golf.
Marvin Hall had an idea. It was 2009, and a doctor had advised him that his daughters, Hope and Alana, needed an activity to help their development. The girls, ages 4 and 2 at the time, were healthy but both had been born prematurely, each weighing less than a pound and a half at birth.
They were so small that Marvin could fit his wedding ring on the girls’ tiny legs. In toddlerhood, their fine motor skills were lagging behind. And that’s when golf came to mind.
Marvin and his wife, Pamela, were both college athletes, although not golfers. But they knew people who played, and thought golf seemed like the perfect way for their young daughters to catch up to their peers. In short order, Marvin got his girls set up with equipment and lessons.
When they were 6 years old and eligible for U. S. Kids Golf tournaments, they started competing.
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