Ladies Links Fore Golf - Debbie O'Connell 4-24-10

DEBBIE O’CONNELL
LPGA CLASS A PROFESSIONAL
Palm City, Florida
Co-Founder, Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC

www.ll4g.com

Debbie O’Connell is a 19-year veteran of women’s professional golf and a Class A rated member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Membership.

A former celebrity golfer and radio show host of “The Debbie O’Connell Show” for a decade, Debbie has a formidable reputation within the world of women’s golf. In 2007 she was the recipient of the LPGA’s prestigious Nancy Lopez Achievement Award. Previously she has been honored as the LPGA’s National and Southeast Section “Professional of the Year.”

Within the LPGA, Debbie served as The Chairperson of the National Club Professional Advisory Committee for five years, and as the Tournament Coordinator for the Southeast Section for two years, founding and hosting the Sections Mixed Team Championship. She has participated in dozens of LPGA Teaching and Club professional sanctioned tournaments, and has served as a committee member for numerous tournaments and seminars on both the section and the national level. Debbie also has been a speaker at LPGA National and Section seminars, and has also produced videos for the LPGA and T&CP Hall of Fame Induction, including theme and highlight videos for two national summits and the "Eagle Award" winners in the Southeast Section.

A generous volunteer, Debbie founded and directs the Bobbi Salmon Scleroderma Project, a national campaign to raise money for Scleroderma Research. She also runs two local annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Golf Tournaments, and captained a Ladies’ Links Fore Golf team in the walk for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. She is also an ardent supporter and contributor to the fund-raising golf tournament held for the Children’s Home Society of Martin County.

In 2006, Debbie co-founded Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC, where she provides expertise in golf training and education, and plays a management and leadership role in the development of the tournaments, seminars and golf improvement tips.