319 - DOTTIE PEPPER'S Signed book, "Letters to a Future Champion"

Dottie Pepper, Former LPGA Champion, CBS Sports Analyst/Reporter and Author, signed book, "Letters to a Future Champion".  https://bio.site/dottiepepper   https://www.instagram.com/dottie_pepper/?hl=en&__coig_restricted=1   

Dottie Pepper’s Letters to a Future Champion: My Time with Mr. Pulver is a loving tribute to the power a mentor can have on an athlete’s career. COME SHARE MY TIME WITH MR. PULVER! George J. Pulver, Sr., was a golf great in his own right – as a golfer, as a course designer, and as an advocate for golfing throughout the Northeast. But he took on the mantle of mentor when he and a young Dottie, age 15, began a teacher-student relationship that would stretch into Dottie’s college years. In this beautifully crafted book, Dottie traces the influence “Mr. Pulver” had on her skills as well as her character both on the practice range – where Mr. Pulver dutifully watched every detail of her swing – and in the letters the two exchanged after. Mr. Pulver would sit down at his typewriter and carefully tap out a critique, or a technique, or advice on life lessons Dottie would need to rise to the top. Dottie compiled those letters into a binder and referenced them often … her bible, of sorts, on her path to a future as a multiple winner and two-time major champion on the LPGA Tour. 

Dottie Pepper is the lead walking reporter for CBS Sports’ coverage of the PGA Tour, Masters, and PGA Championship. She is a 1987 graduate of Furman University with a B.A. in Health Sciences. After an accomplished junior, college, and amateur golf career, she went on to play 17 years on the LPGA Tour, winning 17 times, including two major championships and one additional win on the JLPGA Tour. She represented the United States six times in the Solheim Cup matches, compiling a 13-5-2 record.  Dottie retired from competitive golf in 2004. Since then, she has covered all levels of televised golf, including every major championship, international team events, as well as national amateur championships for ESPN, Golf Channel, NBC, and CBS.  Pepper served as a member of the PGA of America Board of Directors from 2012-2015 and the NENY PGA Board of Directors from 2009-2015. She was the recipient of the 2016 William D. Richardson Award, presented by the Golf Writers Association of America for her consistently outstanding contributions to golf. She is also a 2018 inductee to the New York State Golf Association Hall of Fame.  She lives in Saratoga Springs, New York and is a fan of skiing in the Northeast, farmer’s markets, gardening, dogs, World War II history, and fast cars.