Danny Mapes Special Needs Lifetime Scholarship

Little Linksters is humbled to introduce The Danny Mapes Special Needs Lifetime Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is for a deserving youth with special needs that either plays golf now or would like to explore the game.

It will be a lifetime scholarship providing professional instruction, both private and group, as well as equipment and tournament entry fees if the recipient is so inclined to compete.

We will award one scholarship per year. This scholarship is named in the memory of Danny Mapes.

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Danny Mapes

About Danny

Danny was a former Director of Little Linksters GOALS special needs program from 2016-2018. Sadly, Danny passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in December of 2021.

He was born with Spina Bifida but that didn’t stop him from graduating from the Golf Academy of America in 2016 and becoming a successful golf instructor at the McCord Golf Academy in Kissimmee, FL shortly thereafter.

Interested in helping to fund our scholarship?

Email Brendon Elliott or call (321) 278-1612.

Scholarship Details

Open to children, ages 7-18 with special needs of a physical, intellectual, cognitive, or other similar nature. Children in the Central Florida area, in roughly a 50 to 100 mile radius of Orlando will have first consideration. However, we encourage any child, from anywhere in the United States to apply…if your child is a great candidate for consideration, we will find a way to make it happen!

The scholarship will be good for life, meaning, the recipient, once chosen, will be afforded instruction, individual and group, equipment as determined as needed, and competition fees covered, if a recipient would like to compete, for as long as they continue to play the game. Certain dollar amount caps will be determined soon per scholarship and will be based on monies on hand for the scholarship fund year over year.

Our first scholarship recipient will be announced on December 31st, 2022

Apply for the Danny Mapes Special Needs Lifetime Scholarship