Ladies Who Golf Atlanta-based women’s group takes off after finding the ideal mix for playing, networking and relaxing BY STAN AWTREY Very few positives came out of the difficult, dark days of the COVID lockdowns. An exception is the creation and development of Ladies Who Golf, an organization that came about during the pan-demic and has been one of the golf industry’s great success stories. “We just took off so fast,” said Ladies Who Golf ’s Keyeriah Miles , who co-founded the organization with her mother Lashonda . “So many women gravitated toward the idea of golf and the fact that we made it a little bit more accessible for them to take part in the sport. We have everything figured out, the course, the golf clinics, the materials, the golf clubs, so they don’t have to worry about it.” Miles, who graduated from the University of Alabama, began playing golf during the pandemic out of necessity. Working as a fintech consultant for Cox Enterprises, she observed that the sales professionals who were able to flourish during the lockdown were the ones who conducted meetings and business at the golf course — one of the few places that remained open. “I started to pick up golf lessons so I could reap the same ben-efits,” she said. “And I started to love it on a personal level, so that’s kind of how it started.” Miles was always an athlete — she participated in cheerleading and dance and gymnastics — but her brother was the family’s golf-er. She didn’t pick up a club for the first time until four years ago. One day when going to hit balls at Bobby Jones Golf Course, Miles had a serendipitous meeting with Marcus Williams , then one of the PGA professionals at the facility. He offered golf lessons and began working with Miles three days per week. LADIES WHO GOLF IS ATTRACTING PROFESSIONAL WOMEN WHO SEE GOLF AS A FUN WAY TO NETWORK. 36 GOLF GEORGIA
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