{"id":101947,"date":"2025-08-28T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101947\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:36:06","slug":"how-rhode-island-golf-course-helped-megan-khangs-professional-golf-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101947\/","title":{"rendered":"How Rhode Island golf course helped Megan Khang\u2019s professional golf career"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTON \u2014 Before Megan Khang<\/a> became a professional golfer with the LPGA and an FM ambassador for the FM Championship<\/a>, she was just a Massachusetts kid playing at Button Hole \u2014 a par-3 golf course in Providence.<\/p>\n

Khang\u2019s father worked as an auto mechanic in Rhode Island not far from the golf course. On weekends, the Mass. native would play at the par-3 course and even drag some of her extended family along with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to know the owners pretty well,\u201d Khang said during the FM Championship media day at TPC Boston. <\/p>\n

Ed and Karen Mauro own the Rhode Island-based course and made it affordable and accessible to play golf for those who couldn\u2019t afford to belong at country clubs.<\/p>\n

Khang<\/a> noted her parents were transparent about what they could and couldn\u2019t afford while she was growing up. So having an affordable place like Button Hole to play golf was significant for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool that they saw a vision for golf for the next generation, for those who weren\u2019t as fortunate to be able to afford memberships at clubs around Rhode Island and even Massachusetts,\u201d Khang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cButton Hole Kids\u201d can play 9 holes for $1 or 18 holes for $2. Adults can pay $14 for 9 holes or $21 for 18.<\/p>\n

Playing at Button Hole was crucial in developing Khang\u2019s golf skills, especially in Massachusetts where the golf season is short.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe embraced that we have a short season of golf, so my parents have always iterated to me that you gotta take advantage when you can,\u201d Khang said. \u201cIf you\u2019re gonna do something, you gotta do it 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khang still resides in Massachusetts and doesn\u2019t have the same golf season as someone who lives in Florida or South Carolina does. She often gets asked why she remains somewhere she can\u2019t golf year-round.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool because obviously there are not that many players that come from Massachusetts in general,\u201d Khang said Wednesday at TPC Boston. \u201cTo be one of the few that have made it out here and continue to make it, it means a lot. <\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t moved. I love being here. I say home is where the heart is. I\u2019ll happily pay my taxes and be happy,\u201d she continued. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine moving somewhere and not really enjoying \u2014 not not enjoying \u2014but not loving it as much as I do love it up here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely shaped me into who I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khang went from a \u201cButton Hole Kid\u201d to a professional golfer who is helping pave the way for those who will come after her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to be a part of something that\u2019s going to be bigger not only for us,\u201c she said, \u201dbut the next generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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