Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Afi Amezado, a 14-year-old from an impoverished pocket
of Accra, Ghana, boarded a plane bound for America on
Wednesday, April 12 th , played a practice round at Carlton
Woods in Houston, Texas on Thursday afternoon. And then she
competed in the two-day, third-annual Mack Champ
Invitational on Friday and Saturday. And she did it all with style,
grace, humility and a lot of smiles.
“The Mack Champ is a big platform, a great stage for me,” says
Amezado. “And being here in America for the first time, I’m
grateful.”
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Afi Amezado, a 14-year-old from an impoverished pocket
of Accra, Ghana, boarded a plane bound for America on
Wednesday, April 12 th , played a practice round at Carlton
Woods in Houston, Texas on Thursday afternoon. And then she
competed in the two-day, third-annual Mack Champ
Invitational on Friday and Saturday. And she did it all with style,
grace, humility and a lot of smiles.
“The Mack Champ is a big platform, a great stage for me,” says
Amezado. “And being here in America for the first time, I’m
grateful.”
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