Golf’s latest sensation comes to Fort Scott

Amy Bockerstette, second from left, a 20-year-old golfer and college student with Down Syndrome, reacts after receiving a key to the city from Mayor Jeanie Parker, left, Friday morning at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport. Bockerstette and her parents, Joe and Jenny Bockerstette of Phoenix, Ariz., at right, had just arrived in Fort Scott after traveling from Nashville, Tenn.

Jason E. Silvers

Fort Scott has a visitor this weekend as part of a fundraiser to benefit the Southeast Kansas Special Olympics.

Amy Bockerstette, a 20-year-old golfer and college student with Down Syndrome, arrived in Fort Scott Friday with her parents, Joe and Jenny Bockerstette, to be the guest of honor at the second annual Bourbon County Golf Scramble scheduled to take place today at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The tournament is hosted by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office.

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