Last July, 130 individuals competed in the first Celebrate Cecily – Putt Against the Pros Tournament. Corey Doyle was one of them, and she had plenty to say about her best friend, Cecily Lovas.
“She was my best friend since third grade, and she was amazing,” Doyle said of Cecily, who the previous April had passed away at 22 years old, following a 3½-year battle against brain cancer. “When she had her tumor removed, she was so excited. She had said, ‘You want to touch my stitches?
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