A 9-year-old girl, one of only 80 in the country, won a spot in a national golf competition.
"I'm just really excited and I can't wait to go. It's just awesome that I made it," said Emree Cameron, who is from Nevada, Missouri.
Emree beat out thousands of young golfers to win a spot in the Drive, Chip, & Putt Championship at Augusta, Georgia.
The contest will be happening on the same weekend as the Masters Tournament.
Emree has trained for more than a year to compete.
Her father, Eric, has been by her side the entire time.
"She does things that I can't even believe she does," he said, who quit his job with the federal government to train with Emree and spend time with his family. "Where she gets her motivation from is besides me."
What makes the young girls effort even more significant is where she trains.
She trains in a metal barn that was built for baseball practice.
"We don't have a golf pro to drop her off to and say 'here spend an afternoon with her,' It's me an her," Cameron's father said.
It's not exactly the country club, but it works for her.
She practices chipping from the pitching mound, putts on batting cage, and uses a tractor tire to hit a sledge hammer against for workouts.
"It's warm in the winter and we are here almost everyday," Emree said.
What's even more impressive is that she isn't just competing for the trophy, she raising money for cancer research.
"My grandma died when I was four and it was hard on the family," Emree said.
She is raising money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Sadie Keller Foundation.
"We all saw her go through [cancer] and the struggle," said Amy Cameron, Emree's mom. "My mom was a golfer and loved to play. More than anything I know she would love watching Emree play golf."
It's a big honor for Emree to be playing at Augusta, representing her home town and raising money for charity.
She takes it all in stride, one swing at a time.
She is focused on the long game.
"I would like to play on the LPGA, and if I couldn't do that I would like to be a golf teacher and teach kids who want to learn golf," Emree said.
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