Sign Up Now for Birdies for Babies Program

DURHAM – The Duke men’s and women’s golf programs have opened the 2022-23 season and will return to the course in early October.  Pledges are now being accepted for this year’s Birdies for Babies program, which benefits the Duke Children’s Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units.  

Over the five years of the program, which was created by former women’s golf national champion Virginia Elena Carta, the Blue Devils have raised $89,339.20.  

Those looking to support Duke’s partnership with Duke Children’s can make pledges per birdie.  Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are welcome.  If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated.

 

The creation of the program was spearheaded by Carta.  A native of Udine, Italy, Carta was a four-time All-ACC selection and the 2016 NCAA Individual Champion.  The 2016 WGCA All-America and Honda Award winner turned in an NCAA-record 16-under-par ledger of 272 as a rookie to register her first collegiate victory.  She became one of only four Blue Devils to win both a NCAA Individual and team NCAA title.

Duke Children’s is a 180-bed inpatient hospital within Duke University Hospital. The central outpatient clinic, the McGovern-Davison Children’s Health Center, is a 66,000 square-foot facility that is adjacent to the hospital, and that combines medical and surgical specialty services in one colorful, child-focused location. Additionally, there are numerous Duke Children’s primary care and specialty care clinics through North Carolina to care for the needs of children throughout the state. Duke Children’s is one of the largest health care providers for children in the Southeast, and the only children’s hospital in North Carolina to be ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about Duke Children’s online at www.dukechildrens.org or at www.facebook.com/dukechildrens.

The women’s team will next compete in the Windy City Collegiate Classic Oct. 3-4 in Highland Park, Ill., while the men’s squad will travel to Jersey City, N.J., for the Georgetown Intercollegiate Oct. 10-11.  

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