Amazing Amy to play for junior college national championship

<p>PHOENIX &mdash; Amy Bockerstette is set to become the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a national collegiate athletic championship.</p>
<p>The 22-year-old golfer will play with her Paradise Valley Community College teammates at the NJCAA national championships May 10-13 at Plantation Bay Golf &amp; Country Club in Ormond Beach, Florida.</p>
<p>Bockerstette is the first person with Down syndrome to earn a college athletic scholarship and she became <a href="https://apnews.com/article/7542b997bf2b40ada1f54e195cfa823f">a viral sensation </a> when she played the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale with PGA Tour player Gary Woodland before the 2019 Phoenix Open. She hit into the bunker on the par-3 stadium hole and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYSjFvCNP7Q">got up and down </a> for par, telling everyone “I got this” before sinking an eight-foot putt.</p>
<p>Bockerstette and her family created the I Got This Foundation in 2019 to provide golf instruction and playing opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.</p>
<p>The foundation has partnered with Special Skills Sports Camps to hold the Special Skills Golf Invitational June 1 at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Powell, Ohio. The event will teach athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities the basics of golf, from driving to chipping and putting.</p>