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LPGA Tour star Stacy Lewis to host mixed event for top junior golfers

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LPGA Tour star Stacy Lewis to host mixed event for top junior golfers

 
BRASELTON, Ga. (AP) – Stacy Lewis is hosting a junior event this summer in Arkansas in which boys and girls will play with each other – and against each other.
 
The LPGA Tour star hopes the KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational will develop what she calls a ''gender-blind respect'' among golfers. It will be part of the American Junior Golf Association and played June 22-25 at Blessings Golf Club.
 
There will be mixed pairings and a boys and girls champion in the 54-hole event. Lewis said there also will be an overall team winner – boys versus girls – determined by adding the top eight scores from each gender's division.
 
KPMG sponsors Lewis and Phil Mickelson. It also sponsors the Women's PGA Championship, which will include a conference to bring together top female executives when it is played later this spring.
 
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