Original sentence: Dowd scaled back her golf activities in order to spend more time with her mother, who doctors said could have only months to live.Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, has won more than 185 junior trophies and in 2007 is ranked number five (of 7) among American female golfers at her grade level.Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, is known as a top-ranked junior golfer who has won more than 185 junior tournaments and in 2006 was ranked number one among United States sixth graders.In 2007 she attempted to qualify for the U.In March of 2006, Dowd received a sponsor's exemption to play in the inaugural LPGA Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open after the CEO of Ginn Clubs & Resorts, Bobby Ginn, was made aware of a story in the The Tampa Tribune about Kelly Jo's plight and her dream to see her daughter play in an LPGA event.This record was broken a year later when 12 year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for and and played in the 2008 United States Women's Open.Women's Open but did not move beyond the second round of qualifying
Edited sentence: At times, Dakoda even considered quitting golf, but her father, Michael, and Kelly Jo encouraged her to keep playing.Dowd, who lives in Palm Harbor, Florida, has won more than 185 junior trophies and in 2007 is ranked number five (of 7)among American female golfers at her grade level.In March of 2006, Dakoda received a sponsor's exemption to play in the inaugural LPGA Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open after the CEO of Ginn Clubs & Resorts, Bobby Ginn, was made aware of a story in the The Tampa Tribune about Kelly Jo's plight and her dream to see her daughter play in an LPGA event.Sunsequently, she failed to move beyond the second round of qualifying for the 2007 U.The family was devastated and Dowd scaled back her golf activities in order to spend more time with her mother, who doctors said could have only months to live.Women's Open